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This post is part of an ongoing series of reflections on The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp. It is a guest post by my friend Blaine Hogan. Blaine is an actor, a visual artist. He’s great at making stuff, and he does it for a living as an Experience Engineer at Willow Creek Community Church. [...]
This is a guest post by Tom Borowski. Tom is the owner of macsteps, where you can find tutorials, reviews and tips for Mac OS X and Mac software. You can also follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/macsteps.
There’s something about note taking and data collection apps on the Mac that makes me want to have [...]
I’m an avid reader. I set a goal each year to read an average of a book a week. I enjoy reading, but it is also a discipline of creative work. Ideas rarely initiate out of nowhere. Some of my most creative thoughts cascade out of other ideas, and reading provides me with a torrent [...]
I’ve been evaluating Evernote for the last few weeks. I like it. A lot. So much that I’m tempted to change over from Yojimbo.
But not yet.
Here’s what I like:
Without a doubt, my favorite feature is Evernote’s ability to recognize text in an image and make it searchable. I can snap a picture with my [...]
This is part six of a five(!) part series on capturing everything. Previous entries:
capture everything: buckets
capture everything: tasks
capture everything: ideas
capture everything: out and about
capture everything: the incubator
Jott is a handy little service that lets you call a toll-free number and speak a message. Jott will transcribe and deliver that message to someone else via [...]
This is last post in a series on capturing everything. Previous entries:
capture everything: buckets
capture everything: tasks
capture everything: ideas
capture everything: out and about
capture everything revisited: jott
In a time of growing self awareness a few years ago, I quietly proclaimed myself to be a content creator. I had awakened to the fact that I experience great [...]
This is part 4 of 5 in a series on capturing everything. Other entries:
capture everything: buckets
capture everything: tasks
capture everything: ideas
capture everything: the incubator
capture everything revisited: jott
As I’ve disclosed my processes to capture every worthwhile thought, discerning readers (or Luddite sympathizers) might have noticed that it seems as if I sit at a computer all [...]
This is part 3 of 5 in a series on capturing everything. Other entries:
capture everything: buckets
capture everything: tasks
capture everything: out and about
capture everything: the incubator
capture everything revisited: jott
Once you start to really get serious about capturing every thought of value (and some that aren’t), you’ll quickly realize there are two types of thoughts you [...]
