When I need to prepare a presentation to explain a solution, what takes most of my time is usually not the content itself but finding the icon sets, stock photos, diagrams and so on to visualize that content. Before starting a presentation, I usually sketch a rough outline in a blank text file, something like cover introduction what is it? examples references.
I haven't felt like writing in a long time, and once again there's friction at the very start. I want to write something, but I also want the content to be complete, the writing to be correct, the images to look good, everything to be tidy, the page to load fast, and so on... and by then I have neither the time nor the energy left to actually write.
As a professional who believes in lifelong learning, I think the techniques of drawing conclusions and taking notes while researching contribute a great deal to effective learning. In this post I want to tell you about Obsidian, an app I've recently started using for effective notetaking and data collection. Put very simply, Obsidian is a notetaking app.
One of the blogs I follow closely for Apple products and app reviews on iOS and OS X is MacSparky. David Sparks, who usually covers new products and apps on his blog, regularly publishes interviews about the home screens of iPhone and iPad users. Introducing apps through people's actual experience, rather than going through apps one by one with screenshots and feature lists, felt much more pract…
The people close to me know very well how obsessive I am about backups. I'd like to share my experience with ChronoSync and a practical way of backing up. ChronoSync As someone who has been burned before, I've used many different backup programs and devices over the years.
I'll admit I'm not a frequent reader. Whenever I find time to read, I either end up reading blogs online or browsing videos that catch my interest. I think this is one of the downsides of living everything in a "concentrated" and "fast" way today: getting by on "summaries" instead of making time for long paragraphs and descriptions.
In the Turkish version of this post's title I used "İşleri Yoluna Koyma" — "putting things on track" — a Turkish name for GTD that I made up myself. These days everything is so fast and so urgent. Something arriving as urgent no longer makes it a priority; even working out how much of a priority it is compared to the "urgent tasks" that came before it has become a job of its own.
Screensavers may no longer do the job they did back in the '80s, but plenty of people still like to have a pleasant one running when they step away from the computer. The monitor isn't running at full brightness, and it adds a different feel to the room. If you'd like to try something other than the screensavers that come with OS X, here's a simple, stylish one that just shows the time.
ISTANBUL – My homeoffice workspace Setup: 24″ iMac Early 2008, MacBook Air Late 2012, Time Capsule, WD MyBook Studio II Desk: IKEA Galant Used for: Personal video editing, photo editing
What Is Evernote Good For? I'm not obsessive about it, but I do like working in an organized way. More than liking it, actually, I need that order to be productive.