Build a Focused Environment
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If your devices are set for focus it’s time to look at your environment to see if it’s set up well to get work done. Even if you don’t have the luxury of dedicated office space, you can do some things to make it easier to stay on task. First, does your office have good…
Not Excited about the iPad Anymore
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Matt has a good video questioning the excitement around the iPad now. I’ve moved to Final Cut Pro from LumaFusion recently so my iPad usage has dropped in the last 3 months. If Final Cut and all the assets were available on iPad then I’d be using my iPad still instead of macOS. I still…
Obsidian Plugins to Focus On Your Writing
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One of the things most writers aim for while working is getting focused on the text they’re working on. In Obsidian there are a number of plugins that allow you to build a more focused experience. Let’s take a look at them. Fullscreen Focus Mode While the title of this plugin leads me to believe…
Matt on The Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Social media especially convinces everyone that they are an expert in a subject immediately. It’s amazing how I follow the same people, but that group is an expert in the auto industry when there are Apple car rumors, epidemiologists when there’s a public health crisis, and a payments expert when there’s App Store rule news.…
Reset Your Overwhelming Task List
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One of the best reasons to switch to a new task manager is that you finally say no to all those things you were never going to do in the first place. That hammock you were going to put up for your kids in the summer finally doesn’t get moved to the new tool because…
Unpopular Economic Policy is Enforced with Violence
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I was recently reading The Shock Doctrine – The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and it said that when your economic policy is highly unpopular with the middle and lower income brackets of society the only enforcement you can do is via violence. Unlike the wealthy they only recourse they have is to strike and demonstrate…
How to Choose a good Task Manager
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As I’ve already said, your primary concern is going to be that your task manager works on the platforms you use to do your work. After that, there are a few other features most people like in their task managers. Easy Task Entry First and foremost you need to ask how easy it is to…
You Must Read to Write
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I absolutely agree with Greg, to write and create you must read. One of the things I’ve “struggled” with this year is reading books. Well that’s not entirely true, I’ve struggled to read non-fiction books at my regular pace. In total this year I’ve read 63 books this year and 27 of them have been…
10 Awesome Mac Apps
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1. AirBuddy Apple has done an excellent job with how they allow AirPod devices connect with your mobile devices, and very much missed that mark with macOS. This is where AirBuddy steps in to help you. AirBuddy brings the excellent UI of your mobile devices to your Mac, but then it pushes it even further.…
Barriers Clarify
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In the same way someone who wants to lose weight might hide the sweet treats, I am putting my weakness behind as much of a hurdle as I can. Greg Morris One of the reasons I love Analogue Productivity is that your notebook defaults to no. It’s not going to move tasks forward for you.…
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