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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…
My post on perspectives in OmniFocus has been published on Inside OmniFocus! Go ahead and read Getting Organized Using Perspectives .
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…
I use a file server software called unRAID , 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…
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…
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…
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…
Getting Things Done provides an excellent framework for managing all aspects of your life. What could easily happen in a professional work environment though, is that there is already an existing tool in place to keep track of tasks for…
One of the most prominent apps when thinking about productivity is without a doubt the green note-taking app with the friendly elephant called Evernote . There are apps available for virtually every platform and device imaginable, and it…
What began as a simple urge to read the hyped up sci-fi novel by Andy Weir called The Martian before the movie would hit the local theaters, ended up becoming the start of taking reading itself to another level. Almost like meditation…
David Allen recently held a TEDx presentation in Amsterdam on the Natural Planning Model called Getting in control and creating space , and why it has such a big impact in getting projects going and actually finished. If you are…
Ever since the book Getting Things Done was released and the notion of separating actions in projects into contexts was first introduced, people have been trying to customize, and improve the effectiveness of their definition ever since…
In an effort to make this blog load fast everywhere in the world and not just in Europe where the server happens to be located, I decided give Cloudflare a try, since they offer a free service in addition to their premium offerings. There…
Work in the same Lightroom environment on multiple Macs using Dropbox.
What to do now that Aperture has been discontinued.
I was recently hit with a denial of service attack on this very blog, and it hold up surprisingly well. The only reason I found out about it was when, after the attack was well under way, the WordPress Jetpack plugin alerted me about my…
Extending the functionality of the iPad using external hardware has been done for a long time, and the most popular addon is probably a real bluetooth keyboard. By adding this piece of hardware, the iPad is immediately transformed from a…
I have been fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity to try out the new OmniFocus 2 beta which was released a few days ago. I have been using it intimately since the release, and it has of course given me some impressions as to…
In a world where more than a handful of devices ((I use and receive notifications in my MacBook Air, iPad Mini Retina and iPhone, and I think I'm far from alone with that particular device configuration.)) constantly demand your attention…
If you have a server running unRAID you will know that it's usually quite stable and simple to use. When things go wrong however, is where you will need some Linux commands at hand to help you get back on track. Given that unRAID is…
