May 2013
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Postbox: A Powerful Cross-Platform Email Client...
turns out that when I decided to search for a new e-mail app of choice, that Postbox won out. But I neglected to go into deeper details as to why this was the app I went with. So, to give you a better idea why Postbox isn’t just right for me but also might be right for you, here’s something a little more in-depth.
One of the things I really wanted with my new e-mail app of choice was one with...
Go For It
Fellow podcaster and writer Stephen Hackett wrote about how he’d love to take his work at 512pixels and turn it into his full time gig.
And he also wrote about how scared he is to just go for it.
I was too.
Back when I was working for the Victoria Film Festival, I was putting in my time (not to mention and energy and effort) for 40 hours a week there, and then plugging away for an additional...
How Stillness Works
I’ve only been in The Yukon for a little over two days, and I’m already noticing a difference.
The main difference is that I’m noticing more.
This is how stillness works. It provides you with a more acute sense of awareness because nothing - including yourself - is moving as fast as it usually does.
I’m noticing that I’m thinking more longview and less “little view”. I’m noticing the small...
I Am Going A.M.
One of the big things about traveling across several time zones – and then coming back after only a short period of time – is that the attempts to stick to your own time zone becomes all the more necessary. I find it takes at least two days to get used to the new time zone, and then another two days to get reacquainted with my own once I return. Imagine taking a six-day trip across four time...
Here…Not There
This week I’m visiting my old stomping grounds of Southern Ontario with my son on a brief (yet much-needed) trip.
So if you’re located in the Hamilton-Brantford-Toronto area and want to hang out sometime before Sunday, I’m game to do so. I’m currently plotting out my week, so drop me a line and let me add you to the plotting.
My brain is kind of messed up from flying through two time zones and...
Powering Through
It was an awfully nice day yesterday. Sunny, warm(ish) and the type of day where you just want to be outside. My kids played outside, my wife took some time to do some outdoorsy stuff and I…well, I stayed in. 1
Why did I stay in? Because I had a lot of writing (and editing) to get done…and Sunday is a work day for me. It was really a no-brainer.
I gave up one sunny day now, but by doing so I...
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Stencil by Bandit
I’ve never been a fan of using an email application to manage tasks. That’s because I’ve tried, and know that it doesn’t work – at least not in a “standalone” manner.1 So I don’t use email as my task manager.
Instead, I have used apps that are meant solely for task and project management. They manage to integrate into email in a variety of different ways, but they keep email...
An Open Letter to AJ Jacobs
I’ve always been a big reader of non-fiction books. Heck, I talk about productivity to the point where I have dubbed myself (as well as others who do the same) as a “productivityist” and have even gone so far as to have written a manifesto for folks like me.
My wife, however, tends to read more works of fiction. She’s read The Hunger Games books, belongs to a book club and doesn’t get into...
