When it comes to productivity, there is a lot of talk about the big hitters that enable us to get stuff done. These would be the main apps we use for managing tasks, projects, notes and calendar. A lot can also be said about the main devices we use These…

I am continuing my little series offering my honest thoughts on different productivity systems that are on offer today. I have previously written about the old Grandaddy of all productivity systems — GTD (Getting Things Done) — here. Today I turn my attention briefly to consider Carl Pullein’s Time Sector…

My aim in this short post is to give you a very simple principle for how to handle a crisis. Specifically, how to prevent one crisis sparking off several more. We all will face crisis at some point in our lives. These are not necessarily bad or unexpected things. For…

Initially I began this post with an incredibly long sentence. Deliberately so. It would have been masterful at illustrating my main point. We can no longer focus or concentrate. But, then I realised, all that would achieve is that people would stop reading. So I haven’t started that way. Many…

I love ToDoist. As task managers go I think there is none finer that is truly cross platform. I think I would equally love Things 3 but I’ve never tried it as I have an Android phone and have always used a Windows PC in my paid work. My experience…

Call this a response to latest news if you will but I have today read the recent update from Evernote and I have a response that I would like to make to it. I know what you are thinking….”Get in line pal” but here are my thoughts on Evernote’s price…

I remember stories that my grandad used to tell about his time at work. I also remember watching old British Sitcoms set in a different era. One thing I remember from both was the importance of the tea break for working life. There wasn’t a small staff kitchenette where people…

Several years ago I attended a Christian conference. One of my favourite places at these events is the bookstall. But this particular bookstall made me a bit sad. This particular bookstall gave me pause for thought. Since then I have been to many Christian events and I think we have…

When I think about the choices we make with regards to Keyboards and mice: what I use and why, I am reminded of learning to drive. My driving instructor used to tell me that he could not understand why people did not care for their tyres. He could not understand…