Ben Stewart

freelance web developer/designer

Tag: productivity

My calendar sync solution for Mac & iCal

Calendar syncing is an issue for anyone who works on a team, has multiple computers, or even just has a computer and a phone. It seems like it should be easy to keep appointments and events in sync among all of your devices, but so far there hasn’t been one solid solution to rise to [...]

Addictions

This morning I had a great discussion with a couple of friends about time management. One of the things we did together was a figure out whether or not each of us is addicted to urgency. If you’re like me you are asking yourself what “addicted to urgency” means. I mean, I’ve seen my fair [...]

Must-have Mac apps pt. 2

I hope you are enjoying all of the apps that I listed back in part 1 because surely you’ve already read that post and downloaded those life-changing gems. This set of apps is a mixed bag of goodies that I think you will find useful. The theme today is free–something I don’t think anyone will [...]

My task management system with Things, iCal, Mail, and a little magic

I have been using Cultured Code’s Things application for a while now. It is still in beta, but it is shaping up to be a wonderful task management app. What is “task management” you might ask? Think “to do lists.” But Things is more than just some lists with check boxes. Things has a wonderful [...]

Using Scrivener for simple project management

I am a bit of a “productivity application” junkie. I haven’t read David Allen’s book but I have read enough about GTD other places to know that I need to be better organized. My addiction is especially bad because I end up wasting more time searching for and trying new apps than I would ever [...]