Panda Planner – It’s as Simple as Black and White
The Panda Planner is a gratitude, productivity, and goal setting planner wrapped up into one.
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Tag: productivity
GeekDad Daily Deal: The World’s First Lifetime Mac Bundle
You’re set for life with the World’s First Lifetime Mac Bundle: 96% off!
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Technology to Limit Technology: Cell Phone Addiction
After only eight months with a smartphone, Rebecca Angel cannot imagine life without one. But at what cost? She was feeling like an addict, or maybe not just feeling it, but is one. Could more apps and tech help this modern life problem?
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Stand in the Place Where You Work: Oristand Standing Desk Review
The Oristand Standing Desk combines economy, ergonomics, and environmentally friendly design all in one perfect standing desk solution.
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The Top 10 Fidgets to Save Your Brain
For many people, concentration can be a challenge. There is hope, though! Our family uses “fidgets” to help us concentrate while we work. Here are the Top 10 Fidgets, rated by versatility and environment impact.
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GeekDad Daily Deal: Super SaaS 2016 Bundle
Live thin with the Super SaaS 2016 Bundle: 90% off
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GeekDad Daily Deal: Black Friday Mac Bundle
Bundle up with the Black Friday Mac Bundle: 92% off
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GeekDad Daily Deals: 1-Year Membership to RescueTime Premium
Get back on track with a 1-Year Membership to RescueTime Premium: 72% off today
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Become a Spreadsheet Superstar by Scripting Google Sheets
Google Sheets offers powerful tools that let you create sophisticated applications for your needs. Here’s a quick primer on how to use this cool feature.
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Book Review: ‘Getting Things Done’ by David Allen – 2015 Edition
‘Getting Things Done’ (also known as the GTD system) is a task management methodology. Before you dismiss this book (and this article) as boring hear this: GTD changed my life about seven years ago when I read David Allen’s book and implemented his system. If you are a geeky parent like me and want to have more time to do the things you enjoy–and be able to enjoy them even more because you know you aren’t dropping the ball somewhere else–then this book is for you.
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5 Great Podcasts for 5 Kinds of Geeks
With time scarce, I find podcasts to be the best tool to help me find out about the things I might want to explore further. GeekDad of course has its own but I thought I might outline five more that I really enjoy for five flavors of geek.
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How to Be a Productivity Ninja
How to Be a Productivity Ninja by Graham Allcott aims to help us maximise our productivity by training us in new ways to actually get stuff done.
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Become an Email Ninja — Email: A MacSparky Field Guide
David Sparks has just released his latest book, Email: A MacSparky Field Guide, and this one is all about getting control of your email. As with Sparks’ other guides, this 300-page book is filled with almost two hours of screencasts and over 200 screenshots that support Sparks’ premise that you can get control of your email with just a few key behavior changes. And toss in a few specialized third-party apps and you can actually reduce the amount of time you spend in your favorite email application.
Continue Reading3 Ways Post-it Brand and Evernote Can Simplify Your Work Life
Evernote has a variety of options, every geek knows that. But how does a working mom integrate the Evernote Post-it functionality at the office? Here’s some great ways.
Continue ReadingA Geek Dad’s Year-End, Get-It-Done Self Review 2012 Edition
It’s time to for my 2012 Year-End, Get-It-Done Self Review 2012 Edition. I’ve got some updates to share (and hopefully some recommendations you might find useful in your home or work life) as well as some new items to add …
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