A quick request to IFTTT via their suggestions page.. Hello – you’re too awesome. Please let me give you money. Until then: I auto tweet my Flickr shots, the tags attached to my Flickr shots feed through to the tweet no problem, but, don’t have a # on them. Flickr even auto filters # out [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionNever pick up the phone unless it’s your own
What’s the explanation for picking up a ringing phone if the person who owns the phone, is away from their desk? They caller isn’t calling you, you can’t help. Leave it alone. The recipient may have set up call forwarding, or a usefull voicemail, which the caller now won’t receive. More than that – you’re [...]
Automated photo workflows with DropBox, Hazel and IFTTT – Part One
In preparation for an even longer post describing my own complex workflow for sharing photos from my phone, across several social networks and back to my own computer for long term storage – here’s my wife’s work flow for dealing with her images and my daughters art work. Okay, here goes: I take the photo [...]
Using an onscreen timer to boost your productivity and stick to the two minute rule.
One part of GTD which I find difficult to gauge is – how long is 2 minutes? I mean really, what is actually 2 minutes of work and what’s 3, or5, or even 10. To help, I’ve been using an onscreen timer to time myself, triggering the timer to start each time I start work [...]
Efficiently dealing with a high volume of recruitment consultant emails using OSX, Text Expander and Services
As a consultant who does a lot of contracting, I deal with recruitment consultants daily. They get a lot of stick, but they seem to be doing a high pressure job in a very competitive market. It’s symbiotic, I need them, they need me. I average 5-10 recruitment emails a day. As recruiters will probably [...]
Evernote Business & V5 – a Review, sort of.
I wanted to run a quick review of Evernote Business which launched a few days ago but the software and experience is so bad that I’m finding it difficult. I wanted to change to Evernote Business because I need the sharing functionality that isn’t available in EV Premium (**EDIT this is now available in V5 [...]
A 3 step guide to putting yourself forward for advertised work
Applying for a piece of work you’ve seen advertised online, or elsewhere is a tricky business. Too much selling or long, key word stuffed paragraphs gets you dropped in the bin, a single line saying “Hi” gets you to the same place. Here’s your checklist: Introduce yourself, give your portfolio address (check the link, I’ve [...]
So I started keeping a journal based on the “pick four things” principal of achieving goals.
So I started keeping a journal based on the “pick four things” principal of achieving goals. Essentially you pick your goals and every day you write about what you have achieved or how you worked towards a successful outcome of those goals. My goals are: Be More Focussed Reach a healthy weight of 95KG. Pay [...]
THE MIND IS FOR HAVING IDEAS NOT HOLDING THEM
David Allen is an inspiration to me, I’ve turned my life around.
My GTD / Omnifocus Weekly Review Checklist
There are many. This is mine. I use Omnifocus to track my tasks so some terms may not apply to you. My weekly reminder to do my weekly review, links directly to this post and I keep it visible whilst I review all the items in my bucket. Is it done? I don’t tick off [...]