Nov 09
One other thing to add to our synchronize series is notes.
By notes, I actually mean more or less organized data. Ideas, quotes, shopping lists and stuff like that.
I always carry some index cards along with a small notebook to be able to jot ideas from anywhere. Another thing I carry all the time is my iPhone so why not using it to takes notes?
Because it’s easier to organize notes on a computer, and because it saves trees, I’ve been looking around for something that is :
- fast enough to use instead of the old pen and paper
Tagged with: iphone • macosx • software • synchronisation
Oct 29
The next post of our “synchronize” series is going to be about Files and Documents. Some are important enough that you always need to have access to them. How can you do this ?
There are many ways to have files synced around multiple place, let’s go through them.
The most obvious is certainly having an USB key containing your most important file and that you carry with you. But there are some drawbacks to an USB key : you can forget it, you can loose it (and imagine the troubles you can be in if you haven’t encrypted files on your key), you can have it in the pocket of the wrong coat or the wrong jeans etc.
Tagged with: dropbox • iphone • macosx • software • synchronisation
Oct 21
This first post of the “Synchronize” series is about Calendar and Contacts. To me having those synchronized is the first step towards a hassle-free life. No more contact data loss, no more forgotten appointments. Wherever you are, you need to be able to trust your system.
The goal is to have a multi-directional sync of your calendar events and of your contacts between your devices and your computers.
Tagged with: calendar • contact • google • iphone • macosx • synchronisation
Sep 29
Here is a new post of my Productive Software series. For this post, let me introduce you another really useful piece of software : Typinator.
Typinator is an automatic text software. It boosts your productivity and eliminates errors by automating the process of inserting frequently used ext and graphics and auto-correcting typing errors.
While Snow Leopard introduces limited text expanding functionality (using the Language and Text system preferences), Typinator is more powerful and adds some neat features :
Tagged with: macosx • software
Sep 23
When I switched from Linux Debian to Mac OS X at work a few weeks ago, I knew that I’d find equivalent, or better tools, for everything I have to do on my computer to get my work done. Everything except one thing, a tool that I use many times per hours and that helps me to save a lot of time : Yakuake (Yet Another Kuake), a drop-down terminal emulator.
Tagged with: macosx • software
Sep 10
I’ve recently discovered a new great Apple Mac blog. It’s called Minimal Mac and as it name tells, it’s focused on minimalism but also productivity. The kind of productivity found when you get rid of distractions.
There are many Mac OS desktop shown on Minimal Mac blog and it inspired me to do the same. I’ll do this because to see how others organize their desktop is a good way to improve our own organization and behavior.
Tagged with: macosx • minimalism
Jun 09
For the last post on the topic of e-mail productivity (for the moment 
), and after having introduced you to Inbox Zero and presented my implementation with Thunderbird, I’ll show you how I achieve Inbox Zero with Apple Mail application.
I could have used Thunderbird at home (I’m using Mac OS X at home, while I’m using both Linux and Windows at work), but I prefer the neat integration of Mail.app in Leopard. In addition, I can do with a lighter set up at home then at work.
- I delegate nothing
- I wait for nothing
Tagged with: email • gtd • inboxzero • macosx
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