Tag: My Day-To-Day (Page 3 of 4)

My Day-To-Day: Using Reminders To Get Things Done

August 30, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Earlier this year, I talked about how I use Things to help get things done. Since that post, a few things have changed.

As I alluded to last week, I’ve been purging a lot of stuff in my online life in an attempt to greatly increase the signal to noise ratio such that I’ve really only got the things I need to get done (or things that I enjoy doing) in order to make sure that I am as focused as can be with as few distractions as possible.

One of the transitions that I’ve been working on in the last few months is migrating my “Getting Things Done” model from Things to Apple’s Reminders application.

My Day-To-Day: Hero Academy

August 23, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

Almost everything I share on this blog has something to do with WordPress, JavaScript, some general programming, or “how I get stuff done” content. I rarely talk about anything else other than that.

But, like the rest of you guys, there are other things that I do with my day other than everything listed above.

And one of those things is video games – and as of late (read: the past few months), that game has been Hero Academy.

My Day To Day: Using Hangouts For iPhone

July 26, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the things I like the most about using Apple devices is iMessages (or Messages as they’re called now, I believe).

Being able to keep threads of texts going regardless of the device that I’m on has become somewhat of a luxury that I really didn’t notice until I began keeping up texts with family members who are on Androids.

To be honest, I don’t know how long the application was out prior to when I started using, but I’ve ended up using Hangouts For iPhone and it’s solved the problem of keeping up with texts with family and friends on Android while also being able to continue conversations from my computer.

My Day-To-Day: Listen to Podcasts

July 5, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

One of the things that I try to make sure that I do at least once a day is listen to podcasts. Honestly, I try to listen to several throughout the day, but it really depends on what all I have going on.

For the most part, I listen to podcasts whenever I’m in the car driving or I’m out on a run. Sure, there are only so many podcasts or so much of a podcast than you can listen to on any given, but this has worked pretty well for me for the past few years.

On top of that, I’ve given a number of podcast applications a fair shake and have come away with a favorite. But I’ll cover that in a second.

My Day-To-Day: Inbox Zero, Revisited

June 28, 2013 / Tom / 0 Comments

A couple of months ago, I shared my strategy for trying to get to inbox zero. In short, I mentioned the following points:

I think that trying to get to inbox zero is a myth at worst, and a slippery slope at best
I outlined my strategy for dealing with email on a daily basis
I talk about the software I use as well as various things such as newsletters, after hours, etc.

Since that post, I’ve changed up my strategy a little bit and since email seems to be a common issue for everyone with – well, y’know – an inbox, I thought I’d share what I’m currently doing to manage my inbox.