If you spend more time chatting with people you don’t know than talking with the persons around you, you’ve got a problem.
Finished reading: Work Simply: Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style by Carson Tate 📚
When reading this book I felt like I was ready two books simultaneously: a mediocre book about personal productivity and a great book about personalizing your own productivity system based on your psychology.
I was hoping Apple would announce a bigger iMac at the WWDC. They did not.
Now I have to decide which color of the 24” iMac I prefer.
There is nothing more productive than finishing a 90 minute personal effectiveness workshop in 60 minutes.
Under promise and over deliver…
I feel like I should write more on my blog. But whenever I sit down to write, I don’t know what to write about. And whenever I have interesting stuff going on in my life, I am to busy doing the stuff, so I end up not writing about it.
I don’t know when they added the ‘smart suggestions’ feature to Setapp, but it should be disabled by default. I don’t expect an app store to be monitoring how I use my computer in order to promote new applications.
Yesterday I finally did something I should done several years ago: spring cleaning my personal effectiveness blog El Canasto.
- I removed several ancient landing pages.
- I updated the privacy policy.
- I created a brand new About page.
- I set up a (still unpublished) page for an upcoming podcast.
- I added the obligatory GDPR disclaimer to several forms.
- I removed a dysfunctional piece of JavaScript from the header code.
Now, let’s get back to creating and publishing content.
The benefits of choosing a platform over disconnected devices
I love all these features and use them every day.
My current home screen
This is the current widget-only Home Screen of my iPhone 7:
Widget stack:
- Weather
- Calendar
- Siri suggestions
- Photos
- Maps
Followed by two more Siri suggestions widgets. I basically let the iPhone decide which apps to show me at any moment and have to admit that it is amazing. 99% of the time the app I want to use is already on the home screen.
In the dock I have three apps I use for capturing information (YNAB for expenses, Roam Research quick capture for ideas and SkedPal 3 for tasks) as well as a folder with some handy shortcuts).
I just created an account at an online store and immediately received a confirmation email including my username and password in plain text!
Right away I lowered my expectations on privacy, support and quality.