May 14, 2013
A personal website is probably one of the biggest aspects of your online presence. Sure other areas such as social networks and blogs are important, but your website is like a home base – a hub that everything branches off from. Let's now explore some reasons how just such a website will benefit you tremendously.
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May 11, 2013
Have you ever considered having a personal website? You know – a place where people can go to read about who you are, what you do, your goals and aspirations, and of course to contact you. This is the first article of a two-part series where we will explore the benefits of creating a personal website. Today, we'll cover the common misconceptions that are keeping you from creating an awesome personal website.
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May 6, 2013
Everyone has a story to tell. It's not always a story in need of an audience, sometimes a story just needs to be told. You may want to continue the journal you started when you were just a kid, or keep a weekly account of your travels around the world. Maybe it's thoughts, not events that need writing down. Day One is a great application aching to serve as your digital scribe, across platforms on OS X and iOS.
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April 30, 2013
Keeping a personal journal can often help us make sense of the difficult times in our lives, or better remember the good times. If you're carrying around a smartphone, you already have a powerful and compact device at your disposal, just waiting for your thoughts. And there's an app for that: Diaro. This polished app/website personal journal combo is not perfect, but has a lot going for it.
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April 24, 2013
Lately, I've started to realize that I'm working very hard, but if someone asked me whether or not I feel that I'm working toward a larger purpose, I'd have to say that I really don't know. The current approach feels more like a machine-gun approach, where I'm just trying to accomplish whatever I can, and hope that it gets me where I want to be. That's not quite the way to achieve one's life goals. So I decided to create the ideal system from scratch.
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April 5, 2013
It's rare for technology to have such a developed presence in what are otherwise considered quite holistic practices, but lucid dreaming is one of those subjects where technology has indeed come a long way. Today I'm going to take a look at lots of different hardware and software that's been developed to help lucid dreamers the world over.
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March 18, 2013
Every journey begins with a single step; so goes the old cliché. But just as important is the second step…the third…and more. Habits are formed and goals are met when you have more successes moving forward than standing at one place. Some call it a habit streak or a chain. I look at it simply as staying the course. The general idea is to not break the streak.
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February 21, 2013
Change your habits for the better by tying them into challenges in a role playing game. Level up for doing things you know you should and lose hit points for indulging in habits you know you need to give up. If you love role playing games – and traditional todo lists aren't working for you – HabitRPG is highly recommended.
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February 5, 2013
You can think of Everest as a combination of a goal-setting tool, a bucket list, a vision board, and a productivity coach. At its most basic, it is a getting-things-done app that means to track your journey from a definite beginning to a satisfactory end. As the app developers so pointedly say - Everyone has their Everest. We help you climb yours.
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February 3, 2013
Last week, I looked at apps that genuinely help you sleep better by waking up at a moment when you'll feel most refreshed. This week, I found an app that does all of that, and goes one step further - it actually claims to influence your dreams. Dream:ON is a freemium app, and available now in the iTunes App Store.
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February 1, 2013
I'm sure many of you have thought about whether you're doing the right things every day, whether you're getting anywhere, and whether you're headed in the right direction. To-Do lists and organizational apps will help you keep all of those daily tasks and projects well-organized, but they don't really help as much with future planning.
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January 30, 2013
Intelligent picks from the vast web can refresh and inspire our day. And what could be more inspiring than taking a peek into the lives of both ordinary and extraordinary people with insights. Maybe, you can find some sliver of usefulness in the conversations of these achievers. Look upon this as interviews or a talkfest of ideas.
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January 27, 2013
I'm a big fan of gamification, truth be told. I'd even go so far as to say our entire society should be gamified, with pleasures in life reserved as rewards those who actually contribute. Apparently that makes me a communist or something. But I digress; I've tried a variety of gamified systems for fitness and generally "getting things done", and here's how it worked out.
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January 10, 2013
Setting goals is great, but accomplishing them is the real test we all face. This time of year, everyone is setting New Year's resolutions, but let's be realistic, many people will never actually pull off their resolutions. They seem to be one of those things we tell ourselves we will do, but in reality, we never really intend to complete them. Why not make this year the one you actually go hard for that resolution?
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December 29, 2012
The following list is my personal recommendations for tech related tasks—from the vitally important, backing up your computer hard drive, to the most difficult challenge of spending a whole day without getting on your computer. My list includes links to MUO articles that provide ideas for how to carry out specified tasks, but you’re also encouraged to of course research other ideas and solutions. I also welcome your recommendations for tech related tasks I didn't include in this list.
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