Reading Time: 5 minutesAs I’ve used artificial intelligence (AI) more and more in my blog writing process, I’ve asked “At what point am I no longer the creator?” I don’t think it’s ethical for me to represent a computer’s work as my own, but I do want to take advantage of AI to do research, check my grammar …
Reading Time: 5 minutesRecently, there’s been a lot of buzz surrounding AI in the productivity realm. Writing apps, such as Craft, have added AI to their list of features. From within Craft, you can request the AI to create a summary or outline of your document, write an article based on your outline, or write about a topic. …
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe word “retreat” is not a positive word for everyone. I can evoke memories of religious retreats they were required to attend, some kind of hippy-dippy, new-age spiritual experience, or boring corporate retreats where you were forced to do a lot of group exercises but nothing changed as a result. But there’s also a more …
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhy would someone want to run Windows software on a Mac? Running Windows 11 on a Mac can be beneficial for several reasons: In the Early Mac Days, PC Emulators Were Almost Unusable Back in the early 90s, I attempted to use a PC emulator for the Mac. I can’t remember what Mac model I …
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the past two years, I’ve been using a Keychron mechanical keyboard. Before I started using a mechanical keyboard, for years I’d used the standard Apple Magic Keyboard that came with my iMac. A couple of months ago, I decided to experiment with using an Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for …
Reading Time: 7 minutesChris Bailey’s latest book, How to Calm Your Mind: Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times is a mixture of many positives and, unfortunately, some negatives. Bailey has produced some excellent work in the area of productivity. My go-to book to recommend to someone interested in an introduction to productivity is Bailey’s The Productivity Project. I’ve also benefitted from his Hyperfocus: …
Reading Time: 3 minutes1. What is the Pomodoro Technique? I first read about the Pomodoro Technique a few years ago in productivity books and articles. It’s a method developed in the 1980s by a university student, Francesco Cirillo, to help him focus on his work and also take regular breaks. Here is a step-by-step description of how the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy wife surprised me at Christmas with an original Happy Macintosh icon print by Susan Kare. Susan was the artist who created the icons for the original Mac interface. Her icons literally brought a smiling face to a computer. At a time with only bland PCs with no graphics, DOS interfaces, and in-line commands, her …
Reading Time: 5 minutesA task manager is designed to help you get all the things you need to do out of your head and into a system you can trust. David Allen, the writer of the seminal productivity book, Getting Things Done, wrote “Your mind is for having ideas, not for holding them.” We’re not good at remembering …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI don’t see much written in tech circles about introversion. I think that’s strange because it appears to me most tech nerds are introverts. 1. Are You an Introvert? There is a lot of misunderstanding about what introversion is. In our culture, extroversion is held up as the ideal personality. Many introverts grow up thinking …