A while back I shared my three types of tasks: Appointments, Reminders and To-Dos. I think I may have gotten this wrong and something tells me that the new iPhone application Clear may have as well (although that doesn’t seem to be hurting sales one bit). I Was Wrong1 “To Do” is too broad of…
Category Archives: Productivity
Getting Lazy With OmniFocus, Keyboard Maestro and TextExpander
The Techie Scheky series offers tips and tactics for being more productive and creative through technology (especially with a Mac). Like most of my techie ideas, this one has essentially been ripped off by work that was already done by Sven Fechner of Simplicity is Bliss (amazing blog for OmniFocus users) and David Sparks of…
Clear vs. Listary: Is There A Clear Winner?
One of the rules I often try and fail to stick to is to not look for a slightly better tool once I’ve found something that works. For creating and editing lists, that tool has always been Listary. I’ve been with the app for a while now and despite a “nothing special” user interface, Listary…
Code-Free Geekery
From Gabe Weatherhead of Macdrifter: It doesn’t take an engineer to suggest a solution. If a person can use TextExpander, then they have the skills to make technical solutions to interesting problems. Shameful geek confession: I don’t know how to code. Not one bit. I’ve thought about learning over the years, but I’ve never committed…
Get Started With Start Dates in OmniFocus
From Shawn Blanc: I virtually never use Start Dates, and so my daily to-do list is usually filled with a dozen items which I want to do that day, but perhaps only one or two of them need to be done. David Sparks recommends using Start Dates to populate your future-to-do list, and use Due…
How to get all of your crap into OmniFocus
The Techie Scheky series offers tips and tactics for being more productive and creative through technology (especially with a Mac). After talking about how I take all of the varying types of tasks in my life, I thought I’d run through the various ways that you can create tasks in OmniFocus using their Quick Entry…
Turn Everything Into Something With OmniFocus
The Techie Scheky series offers tips and tactics for being more productive and creative through technology (especially with a Mac). Over the years I’ve had far too many email accounts; all doubled as to-do lists. I had an inbox on my desk (that acted as a to-do list too). I had the blinking red light…
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