• Software,  Uncategorized

    How I Moved From Evernote to OneNote and Trello

    When I made the decision to move away from Evernote I knew I had to find a new home for my information. After a lot of searching and trial and error, I settled on OneNote and Trello. However, I was facing a major pile of pain in moving the information over. There was nothing on the web that told me how to do this. So I cobbled together a solution. Today's article is about this solution.

  • Software

    Finding An Evernote Replacement

    When I decided to leave Evernote, I knew I needed to find something to replace it. The problem is, there is nothing on the market that does exactly what Evernote does: a repository for reference information with tagging, notebooks and the ability to link to task managers. I looked and tried software, and hunted some more. Today's article is about what I settled on as my Evernote replacement.

  • Software

    Why I Left Evernote

    Sometimes people continue to do things out of habit. Even if it's not optimal, they will keep putting up with inconvenience and discomfort because the known is better than the unknown. But sometimes enough is enough. This last is why I left Evernote.

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    Tools

    Where to Get Free and Low-Cost Ebooks

    I am a reader. The term "voracious" has been applied, but to me, it is just the level I read at. During a typical month I will read upwards of 15 fiction books. That can lead to some hefty book bills, unless you know where to get free and low-cost ebooks.Back in the day, I would get my books at the library or in second-hand bookstores. Because frankly, buying that amount of books new would lead to some really hefty book bills!

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    Deliberate Living,  Tools

    Why I Left Hootsuite, And How It Caused Me To Re-evaluate Many Other Things

    Sometimes I get complacent. I don't want to do the work to evaluate my habits, routines, processes, and tools simply because I've done the work before. As a result, I often am stuck with things that don't work, until some external force causes me to re-evaluate where I am.I realized this was an over-arching theme in my life recently after one of my tools did just that - forced me to re-evaluate. And it's caused some churn in my life, all of which has made things better.

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    Tools

    My Favorite Tools

    One of the things people constantly ask me is what tools I use. It’s like they expect I have some magic set of tools that makes productivity easy for me.Nope. I use some easily accessible tools, and most of them are free.So today I will talk about my favorite tools.

  • Books,  Uncategorized

    Book Review: Eat That Frog!

    Eating frogs? Ick! Well, if you eat a frog first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. And that applies to productivity as well. Brian Tracy's book, Eat That Frog! puts some basic productivity principles he's used for success into terms of how to find the frogs, and swallow them down.

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    Productivity,  Tools

    Productify Your Phone

    A friend of mine called from the road and asked me for the phone number for my mechanic. She had a breakdown, and even though I had given her the number when she told me about her concerns weeks before, she had lost it and never made the appointment. She writes down phone numbers in various places, and never has them with her when she needs them.If you have a central place to keep your important phone numbers that is always with you, you will never face this situation. And if you enter important phone numbers - before you need them - you'll be even further ahead of the game.