Category: Reviews
17hats Review
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In 2014 I used Bidsketch (see my review) to do all my estimates and FreeAgent (no review for this one) to handle the invoicing for my projects. As I said in my Bidsketch review, one downside to using this pair of tools was that I was left with double entry for all my contacts. I’d enter a prospect into…
Processing Email with Dispatch and Postbox
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Email is likely the biggest inbox you deal with on a daily basis. If you’re like me, email may make up the 3 biggest inboxes you deal with every day. You hear about those people who maintain an Inbox 0 status daily, and you hate them (go ahead, admit you do). But do you know…
Should you use Nozbe or Todoist?
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Going into 2015 I needed to make a change to my productivity and workflow tools. Redbooth, my primary tool for 2014, was decent (see my big review) but was missing a few things that I found more and more annoying as time went by. In no particular order, these were the ‘big’ problems for me:…
Bidsketch Review
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Today we’re looking at Bidsketch, another tool I loved in 2014. We’ve all written estimates for clients right? My early process worked, but involved a number of steps and proved to be time-consuming. When I needed to create a new estimate, I would use Pages along with a template I pulled from somewhere or other. Once…
Redbooth Review
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Before we jump in to this review I want to remind you that if you choose use the same tools I do, there is no guarantee you will get the same results as me. My reviews are intended to show you how I used the tool and what I loved/hated about it. If you pick…
How Evernote took over my life
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I grabbed Evernote when it first came out and even thought it was a decent tool, but it never found a permanent place in my software life. The thing that really blew my mind when I first saw it years ago was the text detection in images. It seemed like something out of future science fiction. I…
June and July Reading
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Well my June reading post got a bit missed, it was written but I forgot to publish it. So today you get a combined June/July reading list. In June I went to BeachPress and I traveled home via bike which meant 700km of riding and lots of listening time. The first 3 books listed were…
May Reading
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I only got through 3 books this month instead of my usual 4 and none of them were business related. Sometimes a mental break is just what you need. 1. Smart Money Smart Kids This is the latest book by Dave Ramsey and I’m a big fan. Getting smart with money got my family to…
April 2014 Reading List
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1. Darth Plagueis This was actually finished March 31, but I already had the March post written, so I let it bump over to April. Darth Plagueis takes places starting a while before Star Wars Episode I and finishes as Palpatine is elected Supreme Chancellor of the senate. We get to see Palpatine’s master and…
Solo Review – it’s a short review
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I mentioned a few weeks back that I was maybe looking at a new invoicing software. Then Ronin went and got purchased by Godaddy and my move was sealed. One of my first stops on the way was Thrive Solo. I had tried the app a few years back and remembered thinking it was nice…
