Springpad and Evernote – My Guide to Getting Things Done
UPDATE: The new Springpad is here … And I’m thrilled to be have worked directly with the Springpad Team to be the Author of the Official Springpad eBook entitled Smarter Notebooks. Smarter Sharing. A...
View ArticleThe Unanswered Question and Why We’re Afraid to Answer it!
I’m reminded of a Brothers & Sisters episode I just watch with my wife where Justin and his girlfriend were talking about making time to see each other more with his demanding paramedics job....
View ArticleBest Practices Guide to Using Tags to Get Things Done
My recent post on how I get things done using Evernote & Springpad generated thousands of hits and almost 100 comments from around the world. What surprised me more than that alone was that we all...
View ArticleMy Interview with Nozbe Founder, Michael Sliwinski
Differentiating yourself in the GTD business can be extremely difficult. It seems as if there is a new startup company everyday that professes to be true to the core ideals set forth in David Allen’s...
View ArticleVideo Post! A review of Springpad’s New Android App Update!
Hi Everyone – I am so excited to deliver to all of you my very first video blog post! Enjoy and don’t forget to let me know what you think in the comments below! Thanks so much! (If you’re on a mobile...
View ArticleVideo Post! Yap Voicemail and its awesome integrations with Springpad &...
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for all of your great feedback on last night’s very first video blog post on Springpad’s new update to the Android app! I’m extremely grateful for all your positive...
View ArticleProductivity Apps Gone Wild: 2 Huge Updates announced today from Springpad &...
This is huge folks – for those of you who have Productivity Apps Attention Disorder (yes, yes, I just made that up) – I have great news for you that’s going to make your head spin! Both Springpad and...
View ArticleHow to get back to Inbox Zero after vacation … Part 1
It’s not easy – but I did it: I went away on vacation 2 weeks ago without the Company BlackBerry! Yes, yes I know – that took a lot of bravery on my part. But, it needed to be done. They call...
View ArticleChallenge: Can you go paper-based for a week and survive?
I’ve been asked some really good questions in the comments on my post about Producteev and through my e-mail lately about just getting started in GTD – a primer if you will. We’ve talked before about...
View ArticleHow to get back to Inbox Zero after vacation, Part II
By now, at least if you live in the US, you’ve come back from the 4th of July weekend, asking yourself the following question: “Why did I have to drink that one last [insert drink name here]?” and...
View Article3 Easy Ways to Maximize that "I’m on Top of the World" Feeling
Have you ever gotten that incredible feeling of accomplishment? Did you win a trial or sell a new deal or code a program correctly or get a startup off the ground? It feels great, doesn’t it? You feel...
View ArticleSimplify Your Life – 2011 Edition
Last year, I created this presentation, Simplify Your Life. I was humbled by the thousands of views, incredible comments, downloads, and even having SlideShare feature it on their website. Since I’ve...
View ArticleWorkflowy: The Need for Speed
Andrew Mckay is a Civil Engineer and Project Manager from the East Coast of South Africa. His interest in on line GTD applications and collaboration is driven by his fascination for managing...
View ArticleOn writing my first eBook …
I am extremely excited and proud to let you all know that I’ll be publishing my very first eBook in the near future entitled, “Evernote: The unofficial guide to capturing everything and getting things...
View ArticleMy Evernote & GTD Presentation on MortgageCoach.com & the GTD VirtualStudy...
I had the great pleasure of being on Dave Savage’s MortgageCoach.com‘s weekly coaching call to present on my Evernote & GTD system. My segment begins at 22 minutes, 27 seconds, but I encourage you...
View ArticleThe case for having multiple Evernote notebooks
There is a real use case for having multiple notebooks! Part of my future update in my eBook on how to best integrate both Evernote and the GTD methodology will be explaining the real business need for...
View ArticleScreencast: How to Integrate FollowUpThen with your Evernote and GTD setup...
In this screencast, I highlight a very small and yet very powerful add-on to my Evernote & GTD setup I talk about in my eBook. It’ll cover two things: first, showing off how I use Evernote’s copy...
View ArticleAnnouncement: The 1st update to my Evernote eBook is coming soon!
The post Announcement: The 1st update to my Evernote eBook is coming soon! appeared first on DEG Consulting.
View ArticleThe Egret and the Elephant – Evernote’s next revolutionary app
The cattle egret is more than a beautiful white bird. It’s more than a bird that helps remove pesky bugs from the top of cattle, buffalo, rhinos … and elephants. No, this is a very strategic bird who...
View ArticlePodcast Palooza – Evernote & GTD back-to-back podcasts!
This has been an extremely exciting couple of weeks for me! I am incredibly appreciative and deeply humbled that I was asked to be on two very good Evernote & productivity podcasts – The Elephant...
View Article5 Productivity Tips that Will Positively Change Your Life
A client recently asked me a very profound question: what are the five most important tips you can give that will positively impact one’s productivity workflow? That’s an awesome question, and one in...
View ArticleIt’s HERE! The audio version of Evernote: The Unofficial Guide to Capturing...
I am ecstatic to announce that the Evernote eBook that has helped thousands across the globe is now in audio book format!! I couldn’t be more excited to announce this amazing news!! The audio book is...
View ArticleComing Soon: The Official Springpad eBook. By Daniel Gold
Coming soon! 85 gorgeous pages of how to get up and running in the new Springpad! Lots of new features explained, how-to’s, vivid examples, and lots of beautifully rich screen captures … and of...
View ArticleAnswering your question: so which one am I using: Springpad or Evernote?
Not surprisingly, I have been receiving a plethora of tweets & emails about this question. Some a bit more courteous than others, I must admit! Let me start off by saying that I think Evernote and...
View ArticleMy Guest Post on Meshin is Live!! How to Leverage your Calendar to Skyrocket...
I am thrilled that I was asked to be a guest blog author on the Official Meshin Website! I’ve posted it below for you to enjoy … And if you have an Android device, download the Meshin app today! If...
View ArticleGetting Things Done in Evernote with iTech Today: Video Podcast
I wanted to share with all of you an amazing experience I had recently! I was contacted by Alexandre Costa E Silva, Otavio Cordeiro and Vladimir Campos, from iTech Hoja (“iTech Today”) who have a...
View ArticleHow I use technology to stay productive
I just finished reading a post by Matthew Hickey this evening on the plane called The Newly Solo Attorney: Using Technology To Be Productive Wherever You Go. It’s a wonderfully pithy post about how he...
View ArticleThree ways to keep your life in sync, like an iOS device.
As so many of you know, back in December, I finally purchased a MacBook Pro. When I realized how amazing the MacBook Pro was in conjunction with my iPad, I knew that I needed to finish the trifecta as...
View Article10,000 Sales Later: My Lessons Learned from selling an Evernote GTD eBook!
I’ll be honest. When I read that fellow Evernote eBook author, Brett Kelly sold over 10,000 copies of his eBook, Evernote Essentials in February of this year, I really felt great for him! His eBook...
View ArticleShould You Let Go or Keep Going?
By Rebecca Wise GirsonDespite what we’ve been led to believe, we cannot have it all. Fortunately in life we encounter many things not worth having. The challenge lies in making the distinction between...
View ArticleIt’s Just More Fun Together! 3 Steps to Getting Things Done as a Team
By Jeremy Roberts Just about everything we read about improving productivity is about the individual, it’s about you. But didn’t your coach ever tell you that “you need to work as a team, and not as...
View ArticleiPad Productivity: How to get efficient with your iPad, Evernote and GTD – an...
Christopher Lee is a blogger at TabletProductive.com, a guest blogger on DEG Consulting, and author of iPad Productivity: How to get efficient with your iPad, Evernote and GTD. By day he’s a healthcare...
View ArticleMaster Life’s Juggling Act: Maximize Daily Productivity with Evernote, GTD...
By Lauren Rothisberger(Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Lauren’s own blog, Get Geeky, but I confess I loved it so much, I asked if we could re-publish it on DEG Consulting. You’re going...
View ArticleSpecial Edition: The New Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine
Today, Evernote announced a strategic partnership with my beloved Moleskine. It’s the new Evernote Smart Notebook … and I shall code name it “The Magical Evernote Moleskine”! Image Courtesy of the...
View ArticleHow to be a productive entrepreneur
By Francisco SáezYou need something more than a good idea. The problem with many entrepreneurs is that they value their ideas more than actually carrying them out. Of course, a brilliant idea has a...
View ArticleHow Kanban techniques are integrated into my GTD approach
By Philippe Demoulin A Kanban (a kind of “billboard”) is a concept related to the Just In Time (JIT) production flow in manufacturing areas. It is, in essence, a scheduling system that gives you...
View ArticleBack to Basics – Being Productive with My Paper Calendar and Evernote
Guest post by Stephany Koujou Once upon a time, I had a paper calendar and a notebook. They were Moleskines, of course. I share Daniel’s love for them. Life was simple back then. I wrote my...
View ArticleHow to Get Everything Done
By Ari Heljakka So, you may have taken control of your life and have a system for handling your projects and actions. You may continue improving your system with better software, solutions to keep your...
View ArticleTen Ways to Select the Best Task Management App
If you search in iTunes or Google Play, you will find no shortage whatsoever of task management apps that allege to be designed around the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. Like so many of you, I...
View ArticleHow to cope when your productivity system breaks down
It happens to all of us at some point - our productivity system breaks down. In this post, I'll talk about the "Three R's" to help you get back on track. The post How to cope when your productivity...
View ArticleSimplify your life with Springpad 4.0
I couldn’t be more thrilled to announce that Springpad 4.0 was just released and so was the 2nd edition of my Official Springpad eBook! Springpad 4.0 has been redesigned and enhanced to help us...
View ArticleTwo Ways You Can Master Evernote Note Links to Get Things Done
I know. I have been there many times! Choosing just one app to help you get things done and be more productive is challenging! There are so many people (myself included) who spend a lot of time jumping...
View ArticleHow to Make Sure You Don’t Try to Get Everything Done
Guest Post by Francis Wade It’s a big mistake to think that we have what it takes to get everything done, as we often don’t realize that the only way to accomplish this goal is to limit our...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t trust your todo app
Lessons learned from the demise of Astrid, Catch, and Orchestra With the death of Astrid, Catch, and Orchestra, I’ve taken a bleaker and more pessimistic outlook on the vitality, and long term...
View ArticleHitting the Evernote and GTD app jackpot
How to guarantee success as a start-up in the mobile app market Guest post by Marek Kulesza and Karol Stojek of SmartTM The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started...
View ArticleGet things done in Evernote with Lilli Weisz!
This was an awesome GTD Virtual Study Group! We learned how to get things done in Evernote with super productivity specialist, Lilli Weisz! View the Google+ Hangout presentation and download Lilli’s...
View ArticleGetting Things Done with Evernote Ambassador Bryan Lee: My interview on his...
One of the best parts of what I do for an international community of folks who are looking to become more productive and successful in their lives is meeting and getting to know people from all corners...
View ArticleGTD® and Todoist: 5 Steps to Truly Organize Your Life – My guest post on the...
I am thrilled to have been given the awesome opportunity to write a guest post on the official Todoist website on how to get things done or GTD with their app. I sincerely hope this post adds a lot of...
View ArticleRationalizing Productivity App Purchases – when is enough, enough?
Being in the productivity space, I often find ways to rationalize my app purchases and monthly subscriptions to various different apps. I typically pitch it to myself as, “I’m doing this to help...
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