Johnny Chadda

Productivity

GTD in Apple Reminders

A look at implementing Getting Things Done in Apple Reminders with pros and cons.

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Getting Things Done in Obsidian

This guide provides a way of setting up Obsidian for GTD, inspired by the way Things works.

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Meeting notes in Obsidian

This post a stab at implementing meeting notes in Obsidian. The purpose is to be able to see all notes taken during the day in once place, while also being able to review previous notes for recurring meetings. Also, being able to mark notes as processed to make handling meeting

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Replacing specialist tools with Obsidian

I have been thinking about, and experimenting with, using Obsidian vs. other specialist tools. Something that stands out is that Obsidian is the only tool where I am in full control over the storage, which of course feels warm and fuzzy. I am, on the other hand, at the mercy

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Stadia adding Bluetooth support to controllers

I have been using Google Stadia to play games, but since it’s shutting down in a few days, I thought the controllers would just become e-waste. It looks however that Google is adding Bluetooth support to the controllers, giving them a second life! 👏

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Life on easy mode

Imagine that in any moment in life, you could access any kind of experience: happiness, joy, playfulness, sadness, anger, peace, awe. That’s not how we usually see it — we think that other people, and external circumstances, cause our internal states to happen. But what if we imagined that we

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Using StageManager

I have been using Stage Manager on the m2 iPad Pro with an external screen on 16.2 beta for a while and sure, there are still some bugs and strange behaviors to iron out, but it is definitely a leap forwards in terms of being able to be even

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Saying hello to Ghost

I recently made the decision to move this blog from WordPress to Ghost [https://ghost.org]. It was a big decision, since I have been running on WordPress for the past 15 years, and I love the philosophy [https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/], company [https://automattic.com/about/] and people

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The iPad is still my favorite computer

With the recent release of the M1 Macs, is there still a reason for the iPad to continue existing? The M1 Macs can run iOS and iPadOS apps, with better performance and having a longer battery life. What the iPad has is magic — it can be the world's best tablet,

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David Allen's personal GTD setup

Creator of Getting Things Done, David Allen, goes through his productivity setup. In the following videos, you will get a glimpse into his workflow, dealing with everything from his physical office, to email and higher horizons and getting perspective.

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Getting Things Done with Things 3

Follow my path of migrating to Things 3 after using OmniFocus for a decade.

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OmniFocus Workflow Q&A

One of the cornerstones of Getting Things Done is getting anything on your mind down to a trusted system. While this may sound simple in theory, how to actually handle different scenarios can be quite tricky. Following the post on The 2016 OmniFocus Setup and Workflow, where I wrote about

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Learn OmniFocus Webinar

I recently did a walkthrough of my OmniFocus setup on Learn OmniFocus. The webinar was recorded and is available right here. Be sure to check out the show notes for the apps and other links that I talked about during the webinar.

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The 2016 OmniFocus Setup and Workflow

I have written countless posts on OmniFocus and the Getting Things Done methodology, but this is the very first time I have gathered my entire workflow and setup into a single piece. Since my GTD setup is an ever evolving organism, this can only be seen as snapshot in time

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Getting Organized Using Perspectives

My post on perspectives in OmniFocus has been published on Inside OmniFocus! Go ahead and read Getting Organized Using Perspectives [https://inside.omnifocus.com/perspectives/].

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The Natural Planning Model Talk

I recently gave a talk about the natural planning model, which is part of Getting Things Done. Here are the notes and the slides. Slide 1 * grab pen and paper to follow along in the examples * going to talk about something that has helped me a lot, useful for everyone

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S3Backup Docker container and unRAID

I use a file server software called unRAID [http://lime-technology.com/], which supports redundant disks with parity and other great features such as Docker support and a great community which creates plugins for any service imaginable. This is where I keep my main photo library, and I want to be

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Worldwide Photo Walk 2015

I have attended the Worldwide Photowalk several years now (last year), but this is the first time during midday. Sadly, that shows quite a lot in the photos with their harsh shadows and bad contrast. It was a lot of fun however, and I'm already looking forward to the next time!

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Stockholm Photowalk 2015-09-26

A short-notice photowalk in Stockholm with a walk around Skeppsholmen, an island in the middle of the city, and finishing with a beautiful sunset on a bridge outside of the city. We started off walking around Skeppsholmen in a beautiful Stockholm afternoon and there were a lot of people out

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Stockholm Zombie Walk 2015

Stockholm was once again taken over by the undead, who roamed the streets in the blistering sun. (Previous years: 2014, 2012). As always, please link back to this page if you use a photo somewhere, and let me know if you want to purchase a high resolution photo for anything

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Evening walk around Stockholm

Continuing the walks around town with my camera, this time I apparently racked up over 25.000 steps according to Breeze. The photos are taken around sunset and a couple of them after sundown -- the "blue" hour. As part of the culture festival going on in the town, there

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Book: Becoming Steve Jobs

I have just finished reading Becoming Steve Jobs, the story of Steve Jobs as portrayed by writer Brent Schlender. He has been working with Jobs for most of his career and knows the ins and outs of Steve Jobs personality and life. Days following Steve Jobs's death in 2011, Walter

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Started reading The Martian

Having just finished Becoming Steve Jobs, I was looking through my to-read list on Goodreads, and decided on The Martian by Andy Weir as my next fiction. I have heard lots of good things about it, and given that I want to read it before the movie comes out later

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Is my iPad a good enough Kindle?

After having exclusively used iBooks on my iPad Mini for reading books, I am now starting to realize that using the Kindle app instead may not be such a bad idea. Even though I like tech, I would normally have a hard time for instance buying a Kindle when I

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India (2015)

I recently took a trip to India to visit some relatives and while I did bring my camera, I did not go all-out on taking photos during this trip. I did take some though and this gallery is a selection of them. Some photos are taken with my iPhone, others