Creating Your Own Word Templates
I explain how to create and use templates in Word, making repetitive document creation easier and more efficient.
aBreevy8: A Tool I Can’t Function Without
As a long-time user, aBreevy8 is an indispensable part of my daily routine, thanks to its robust features and ability to emulate any keyboard action.
Creating Tasks From Gmail Automatically
In this blog post, I discuss the importance of not using email as a task manager and advocate for the use of dedicated task management tools instead. I provide an example of how I automate Gmail to integrate with my task manager, Remember The Milk.
Keeping A PC Awake and Unlocked
There are times when I really, really hate the auto-sleep feature on my computers. Because having a machine lock itself when I am monitoring something is a major pain in the patootie. So I came up with a way to keep the machine awake and unlocked.
My Habit Tracker Choice
I looked into switching from my paper habit tracker to apps in October. After evaluating three of them for a few weeks, I have finally made my habit tracker choice.
Finding a Habit Tracker
Do you know how well you do on actually completing the things you consider habits? I’m a big believer in tracking habits so that I have the hard-and-fast numbers to show me, eliminating my mind’s bias in how well I do.
Generate Text With Excel
Microsoft Excel, which is a spreadsheet meant for crunching numbers, may be the tool of accountants. But I rely on it heavily to help me with text. I generate text using Excel in order to feed data cleanly into systems.
No, Excel is my powerhouse for assembling text.
It occurred to me that people might get some benefit from learning how to do this, so here is my method:
Using and Creating OneNote Templates
Since I released my video on my OneNote work planning system, I have gotten questions about how to personalize the notebook. This video is about how to save time and effort by using templates to customize a OneNote notebook.
A Tour of My OneNote Work Productivity System
I had to recently switch from paper to electronic notes for work due to the need to do fast searches. Searching through five notebooks that were haphazardly backlinked was almost impossible. I made the switch to OneNote, and have worked hard to get a simple but workable system. This is a tour of how I use OneNote for work.
Cut Your Typing with Breevy
I dislike wasted effort. Typing the same thing over and over again is wasted effort. Breevy saves me that effort.