Over the years, I’ve posted tours of my desk. I try to update it 2-3 times per year when significant hardware changes happen. Since the last post (Fall 2022), I’ve made several changes to light positioning, I/O devices, and added one big piece to the puzzle. Check out the updated page
It’s been quite a week, my friend. Last week I started to feel sick, undoubtedly catching the plague my children have had for the past 2 weeks. I was the last one to fall. Happily, I’m feeling better, but my entire week was thrown into disarray. And it’s during the disarray that you see the cracks in your processes. While…
January has come and gone, and I’ve made the decision to fully move from Zapier to Make. I’m pleased with the functionality, the workflows, and the considerable cost difference.
Here are my thoughts after one month with Make.
I’ve greatly improved my process for creating social media content in a centralized place. The basic workflow is this: Then my VA goes in and reviews the documents, creating images as needed, and posting them on the scheduled dates. Building the Google Doc URL To make this even easier, I wanted to create a Stream Deck button to open a…
This year I decided to switch Zapier from yearly to monthly and learned they charge an obnoxious 33% more because of it. Combine that with a recent episode of the Automators podcast that covers Make, and I’ve decided to try switching completely to Make from Zapier.
A few weeks ago, I wrote that I was Considering a Different Calendar App. After testing BusyCal, Cron, and Calendar 366, while also looking at several others, nothing comes close to Fantastical. BusyCal comes closest but I kind of hate the way you input new events, especially time selection. Cron doesn’t support Apple Calendar, and none of them have an…
My long-time favorite calendar app1, Fantastic, is raising its prices come January from $40/year to $60/year. Now, $40/year is already steep for a calendar app, but I love their natural language processor, the calendar sets, the 2-week view, and the widgets. I’ve also defended charging for good software. But $60/year feels like they are trying to move into a new…
When the 2021 iPad Mini came out last September, I immediately purchased it and thought it would be the perfect research companion. I wrote all about it here. Now that I’ve had it for about 6 months (and the birth of one child), I thought I’d revisit that post and discuss the gear, apps, and workflows I’ve implemented.
Do you suffer from too many emails? Have a 4 digit badge on your mail app? Constantly buried in a deluge of unread email? If you’re anything like me, just that sentence stressed me out. That’s why I have a process in place.
In our daily lives, we outsource responsibilities and task management to apps. So when you want to find the time to grow your agency and create recurring revenue, why not outsource some of your business functions too? Here’s my list of the five functions you should be outsourcing.
One of my clients asked how I run 3 podcasts with 3 kids at home. The answer: my processes and automations. And now, you can get those templates, completely for free.
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