Productivityist

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Too Many …And Then Some The Pros and Cons of Using a Collaborative Task Manager 1 comments   Get Livefyre FAQ Sign in + Follow Post comment Link Sort: Newest | Oldest Bojan011 5pts 1 Like Luckily I dont get a lot of emails. Photo credit: Sami (CC BY 2.0) Related Posts: Things Change What is a Productivityist?

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JANUARY 13, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Can Virtual Assistants provide social networking support? As a result, clients in many industries are seeking VAs with proven expertise to manage their social media presence. Social networking became the trendiest way to stay connected in 2008.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Ready Retreat Series digital workbooks focus on four different areas of personal productivity: task management, email management, idea management, and time management. The entire library of workbooks is valued at $20, and I’m stoked to be unveiling them as part of Kickstart the Year.

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JULY 23, 2012

And I did say on my Twitter feed that I had a ton of great thoughts and admissions that I drafted up during the past few weeks. I’ve managed to steer clear of using Google for search, sticking with DuckDuckGo ever since making the switch and Bing on my iOS devices. Well, this article reveals the first admission…of many.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2013

For example, if you’re using Flow as your task manager of choice and Evernote to store notes for those tasks and projects, then it’s a good idea to use similarly-named identifiers across both. (If you’re using OmniFocus, which uses contexts instead of tags, then you can apply those contexts as tags in the other apps you’re using.)

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

From 5:30 to 6:30 pm every Thursday in April, folks in the Victoria area will be able to spend an hour with me in workshops discussing time management, idea management, task management, and email management. 2 Finally, I’ll be appearing at Social Media Camp.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact The Freedom of Knowing Posted on 02/02/2013 // 1 Comment I’ve spent very little time in my task manager this week. I think many get confused that by implementing system youre limited only to those items that youve captured but opposite can be true as well.

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JANUARY 18, 2013

The task manager is the leader – and it should be. It informs the other parts first, then they inform it when needed – and in a way that helps the task manager move in the right direction on a consistent basis. The other aspect of the task manager that makes it the leader is that it is capable of doing the most on its own.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact On Doing What Really Needs Doing Posted on 10/19/2012 // Leave a Comment I was reading Craig Jarrow’s post today over at Time Management Ninja and it got me thinking about simplifiying systems. Here’s what you should do: Set up your system and tools.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Each Ready Retreat session devotes time to a specific area that can impact one’s productivity, be it email, task, time, idea, or goal management. When attendees leave a Ready Retreat, they’ll be more than equipped to take on everything that comes at them – they’ll be ready.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 31, 2012

I’ve already written about my departure from Lifehack – today is my last day as Managing Editor there – but I haven’t written much about what I plan to do next. That’s because I have so many thoughts on where to go next that I’ve yet to pare them down to something that’s manageable.

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Ian's Messy Desk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

.&# Related articles by Zemanta The Informative Speech (brighthub.com) The Persuasive Speech (brighthub.com) Essence of a Perfect Presentation (socyberty.com) Related Posts: 4 Ways to Give a Speech Advent Devotional The FAQ’s of Public Speaking Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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JANUARY 30, 2013

I’ll have two versions of my personal task manager with me in OmniFocus (the same goes for Asana) and my writing won’t suffer with both Drafts and Byword installed on both devices. With Poster set up on both devices as well, my regular publication schedule won’t be interrupted either.

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Productivityist

JULY 27, 2012

Asana My task manager for my own tasks, OmniFocus , can be used via Launch Center Pro. It’d be great if my collaborative task manager could be as well. Search UPCOMING SPEAKING EVENTS 04/02/13: Q College Victoria, BC 05/07/13: Social Media Camp Victoria, BC APP.NET GOOGLE+ VISIT MIKEVARDY.COM TWITTER FACEBOOK.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

As of the end of this month, I’m no longer going to be the Managing Editor at Lifehack. The Stepcase management team – Leon Ho and Hoi Wan – have also been great. Search UPCOMING SPEAKING EVENTS 04/02/13: Q College Victoria, BC 05/07/13: Social Media Camp Victoria, BC APP.NET GOOGLE+ VISIT MIKEVARDY.COM TWITTER FACEBOOK.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Because I’ve managed to get myself to a point where the things I’m exceedingly busy with all involve aspects of my work and home life that I simply love doing. If you want to get updates on the book, then you can subscribe to the newsletter here.) As we head into the last quarter of the calendar year, I find myself exceedingly busy.

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JULY 25, 2012

email and making a return to OmniFocus for individual-based task management. And they all have a sense of “home” to them. This week I’ve already talked about going back to Gmail for Vardy.me It would seem as if I wasted time by trying other apps or services now that I’ve essentially “gone home”. It might even look like fiddling.

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Productivityist

JANUARY 11, 2013

Search UPCOMING SPEAKING EVENTS 04/02/13: Q College Victoria, BC 05/07/13: Social Media Camp Victoria, BC APP.NET GOOGLE+ VISIT MIKEVARDY.COM TWITTER FACEBOOK. That way the next thing will be the best thing. Thanks for the clear explanation. Have a good one!

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JANUARY 2, 2013

ThisLife: I need to manage my photos better in 2013, and ThisLife may very well be the ticket to doing that. Search UPCOMING SPEAKING EVENTS 04/02/13: Q College Victoria, BC 05/07/13: Social Media Camp Victoria, BC APP.NET GOOGLE+ VISIT MIKEVARDY.COM TWITTER FACEBOOK. Quotebook: I will be using this app a lot more in 2013.

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Productivityist

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

It means you have more freedom to move and breathe (if you decide to manage time – and, more importantly, tasks – more efficiently and effectively). It doesn’t mean that you’re free to do whatever you want. 1 It means you’re free to have the ability to make better choices. Photo credit: Sharat Ganapati (CC BY 2.0)

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Ian's Messy Desk

APRIL 16, 2010

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Productivityist.com by Mike Vardy Start Here Archives Store Contact Mailbox: The Band-Aid for Email Posted on 02/08/2013 // 1 Comment I managed to score early access to the new Orchestra-created mail app for iOS, Mailbox. This is where Mailbox really enters task management territory. Email often puts someone else in the driver’s seat.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Our Community Manager was brave enough to go away for a week, without checking his mail. link] Search UPCOMING SPEAKING EVENTS 04/02/13: Q College Victoria, BC 05/07/13: Social Media Camp Victoria, BC APP.NET GOOGLE+ VISIT MIKEVARDY.COM TWITTER FACEBOOK. Did it work?

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 17, 2012

I used paper to start my day and ended my day checking off everything on my digital task management app. That paper version allowed me to start my day off on paper, keep tabs on it with paper, and then go in as the dya came to an end and tie up all of my digital loose ends in my task manager and so on. Big difference there.

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Productivityist

JULY 30, 2012

Task management and time management are very different. You need to learn how to manage your tasks first, then you’ll be in a far better position to manage your time. The ideal scenario for one’s personal productivity is to be both efficient and effective – not forsaking one for the other.

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs And now for some damage control Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging In the wee hours of February 18, while I was packing for a trip out of town, Loosely Speaking vanished from existence. You are extremely talented. Will you be my mentor?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs And now for some damage control Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Blogging In the wee hours of February 18, while I was packing for a trip out of town, Loosely Speaking vanished from existence. You are extremely talented. Will you be my mentor?

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AUGUST 6, 2012

If I received less email – especially the type that didn’t require actions involving task management tools – I’d give it a better chance at winning the role of my email app of choice. While I do like the minimal aspect of Notify, for someone who gets as much email as I do it is almost too minimal.

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AUGUST 2, 2012

From there I went on to write for WorkAwesome , The Next Web , and now I’m the Managing Editor of Lifehack (a site I’ve been reading since I started on this journey – and even used to parody on Eventualism from time to time). Let’s just say that I can’t follow Merlin on Twitter anymore due to “technological restrictions”.

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The Marq

APRIL 15, 2010

If I were a product marketing manager at Kimberly-Clark, I’d search for or fund scientific studies to determine how to sell more regular hand towels and how sanitary they are, or figure out a way to create a cotton towel that’s more sanitary. Instead, I read the following on their FAQ. " What a disgrace.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I knew I wasn’t spend a ridiculous amount of time on Twitter, Facebook, et al…but I knew I was spending too much time on those platforms without having much of my own stuff to share. I also belonged to far too many networks, so I whittled them down to something far more manageable. Like time spent on social media, for example.

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JULY 24, 2012

During my trip to the Yukon it became apparent to me that I needed to have a task management app that I could use whether connected or not. By making a return to OmniFocus for individual task management and sticking with Asana for team-based task management, I’m going to have the best of both worlds aat my disposal.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

As many of you may know, I’m not a fan of using your e-mail app to manage your tasks. TextExpander works just fine with Postbox and so do popular Mac task management apps Things and OmniFocus. But Postbox can do that if you need. You can “tag” to-dos within Postbox by simply selecting a message and pressing the “S” key.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

UberNote This helpful application is a management tool that allows you to store and access your content from anywhere. Pimki A personal information manager, Pimki is a tool that helps you unload those ideas and to organize your thoughts in order to get things done. Jott takes the spoken messages and turns them into text.

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JULY 10, 2012

A lot of personal thoughts have already come from the likes of Chris Brogan (who I managed to inadvertently stalk throughout my conference schedule the past couple of months – and I’m glad I did!) I’ve been extraordinarily lucky/smart to have been at both last year’s first World Domination Summit as well as the one that just happened.

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APRIL 25, 2010

I have to laugh since I am writing this comment while doing checking email, Twitter and Facebook while coming up with ideas for some content I need to get done today! It’s like…ohhh shiny thingie over there…the content can wait…maybe it will…ohh.need to check Twitter again! Thanks for the laugh!

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APRIL 1, 2010

To be eligible to win one of the free services, you ask your readers to leave a comment on the post (great for building community) and/or to tweet about the contest on Twitter (great for attracting new readers). If you’re interested in that, visit [link] One thing that you might also want to include is to engage with people on Twitter.

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