Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve been a Mac user for a long time. I purchased my first Mac in the fall of 1984, an original 128k machine. Hence, the name of my blog, “Original Mac Guy.” The ease of use and artistic form of the Mac resulted in love at first sight. I’ve enjoyed my new Mac Studio more …
Reading Time: < 1 minute As everyone in the Apple world is aware Apple is holding its big annual WWDC event next week, starting on Monday, June 6th. There have been articles in the usual Mac blogs and magazines for weeks now speculating what hardware might be announced, and what new features there will be in iOS and macOS. I’ve …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Since electronic books have become readily available, I do almost all of my reading with them. While I can enjoy sitting and browsing through a physical book, particularly one with many photos or diagrams, almost all the books I buy or borrow now are in electronic format.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year, Agilebits announced that the next version of their popular password manager for the Mac, 1Password 8, would not be written in native Mac code, but rather be an electron app.
Reading Time: 9 minutes Why I’m Writing About My Roles-Based Retreat I’m writing about this because I want to share my experience in working through a personal roles-based retreat. Sometimes it’s helpful to read about someone else’s experience to determine if you too want to have a similar experience (or not). I will share the process I followed and …
Reading Time: 3 minutes I tried several times to develop a consistent journaling practice in the past few years. Each time, I would start with good intentions, but I stopped after a few days due to forgetting or getting busy with other things.
Reading Time: 7 minutes Once you determine your Why, you can focus on implementing a productivity system. There are many tools available, both digital and analog, that can help you to implement and keep up with your productivity system. The tools you use are not the solution, they are merely tools that help you to do what you’ve determined is important for you to do.
Reading Time: 7 minutes The roles-based approach has made a huge difference in my life. Will a roles-based system be helpful for you? Maybe so, maybe not. We’re all different and respond to different approaches. I think many people would find it much more helpful than the traditional “what are your values and life mission” approach.
Reading Time: 4 minutes By adding the FoodNoms app to my morning routine, it reminds me each day to log my food. When I see the app during my routine, I log in the morning coffee that I’m drinking. This gets me started practicing logging in my food for the day. I’d likely forget about it if I didn’t have this reminder every morning.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Yesterday afternoon UPS delivered my new Apple Studio Display. I had ordered it the week before, on the same day that it was announced at the Apple Event on Tuesday, March 8th.