Here’s a great overview of my buddy @BobbleheadJoe’s office setup.
pssst... if you hate Chrome, try @brave.
“Mike Schmitz's Screencast and Podcasting Setup” – @thesweetsetup
Mike Schmitz is the creator of Faith-Based Productivity, co-hosts the Focused and Bookworm podcasts, and most recently joined The Sweet Setup team as Executive Editor.
"I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done." - Steve Jobs
Ladies and gentleman, we have a double 5.0 on @bookwormfm!
Well done, @jakeknapp and @jazer. 👏
True productivity is not about crushing your to-do list or optimizing every hour - it's about intentionalliy focusing on what really matters. Join Joe & Mike as they rethink their...
Well, that's interesting. Tim is going back to sponsors because it's what his audience wants.
"Why I’m Stopping the Fan-Supported Podcast Experiment" by @tferriss
Greetings! This is a quick public service announcement: I will be stopping the fan-supported podcast experiment and moving back to an ad-supported podcast. This post will explain a few of...
I don't read a lot of email newsletters and I don't keep up with the news. But one email I read daily is the @TheHustle. It's well worth the time and weeds out the cruft.
Who knew? We want to own our schedules and work.
"Building a Work Culture of Collaborative Autonomy" by @JeffreyDavis108
How can we direct employees toward our goals and meet our performance expectations while allowing them autonomy in their work?
If an experiment with the #bulletjournal was to be conducted, how long would it need to last? One month enough? Three?
"Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work." - Stephen King
"Essential Minimalist Living: The 3 Things You Really Need" via @joshua_becker
We don’t have to keep up with the minimalist Jones’s to participate in this way of living. There are however, a few things I found essential to my minimalist journey.
Tomorrow morning my email newsletter (The Weekly Impulse) relaunches with an original article. If you're not on the list, you can join here:
New colors, new homepage, new logo, and a new article. 🤗
Never clutter your desktop. But if it does happen by accident, this is how to fix it automagically.
"How to Automatically Clean Up Your Desktop With Hazel" by @RosemaryOrchard
It's easy to save things to your desktop on macOS for convenient access to files later, but it also clutters up your desktop. Luckily, Hazel can you declutter your desktop...
"Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them." - Alfred North Whitehead
"The New Wilderness" via Idle Words
The need to regulate online privacy is a truth so universally acknowledged that even Facebook and Google have joined the chorus of voices crying for change.
For @bookwormfm Premium members, I'm starting to record 15-20 minute overviews of my gap books and posting them to the club. 👍
How did I not know most of these? 🤦
"5 Critical Knife Skills for the Outdoorsman" by @artofmanliness
Many knife skills are important, and many overlap each other. The skills in this list are the ones I believe to have the most direct effect in an emergency.
Local folks: I'd love to see you here. Be sure to say hi to the sound guy if you come! https://twitter.com/JustUs_Band/status/1149064868206657538
It was this same interview that led me to pull out my old writing notebook. 🖋️📓
"Writing with Pen and Paper" by @cheribaker
It's fun to write fiction by hand. And there are unexpected benefits too.
I've been using @brave for a couple months now and really enjoying it. So far, I'd highly recommend it.
"Testing out Brave with 1Password X" by @1Password
Brave is enjoying some time in the spotlight. To see what all the fuss is about, I’ve been giving Brave a spin.
I'll be finishing up Make Time by @jakek and @jazer later today for our next @bookwormfm recording. If you want a ton of tactics for getting the right things done in a focused way, definitely pick this one up.
Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day [Knapp, Jake, Zeratsky, John] on Amazon.com. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every...
Interesting. @gtdguy released his hand-drawn images for what he thinks the best GTD software would be. Spoiler: it doesn't exist yet.
David Allen on the best software app for the Getting Things Done methodology, with downloadable screen drawings of his vision for the ultimate GTD app.
I love reading these and they're always inspiring. But I still can't bring myself to try it.
"One Month Without a Smartphone" by @_isaacmsmith
The Power of a Focused Life by Shawn Blanc — Living without regret in the age of distraction.
It's really important to understand the sync/async piece of this discussion. Otherwise, the tools don't matter.
"The Pyramid of Remote Team Communication Tools" by @doist
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A little over three years ago, @BobbleheadJoe and I decided to make @bookwormfm together. Now, we’re over 70 episodes/books and learning more than ever. Thanks for helping us keep this thing going! 📚
👋 I'm Joe. I strive to build productivity systems that stand the test of time and help me do more than check boxes. I'm here to help you do the same.
🎙 I read a lot of books and talk about it.
🐿 I can't focus on one thing for long, so I write a lot of code for an eclectic grouping of projects.
📓 And I'm a bit obsessed with finding non-proprietary solutions to digital problems. Thus, text files for the win! 🎉
