Who is this for? Those who are interested in how projects like Workflowing come about and how they evolve from a concept into a reality. For episode 2 of the Workflowing Podcast, Vardy and Schechter share the early conversations that led to the creation of this project. Links Schechter’s Initial Email to Vardy Mikes on Mics: Episode 0 Mike Techniqu…

Note: Mike Techniques is now the Workflowing Podcast. You can learn more about Schechter and Vardy’s new project and what it means for Mike Techniques here. Schechter and Vardy are joined by Dave Caolo after a recent episode of Mikes on Mics. We discuss how the productivity space tends to overlook the “obvious” fundamentals that can help those who …

This episode features a conversation between Vardy and Michael Werk of Camp 1 Vineyard. On the heels of the video that outlines how he uses OmniFocus, the discussion revolves around how Michael discovered OmniFocus, why he uses it, where he uses it, and some of his best practices. Links OmniFocus at Camp 1 Vineyard Follow along with Michael Werk Vi…

This episode features a conversation between Vardy and brooks Duncan of DocumentSnap. They talk about some tips, tricks, and best practices for going paperless -- and each of them has slightly different ways of getting there. Links World Domination Summit Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 Scanner Pro NeatDesk NeatCloud + NeatMobile Expensify Evernote Hazel Fo…

Episode 17: Focusing on OmniFocus 2 Schechter and Vardy are joined by Kourosh Dini and Thanh Pham to share their early thoughts on the public alpha of OmniFocus 2. Keep in mind, these are very early thoughts on a very early version of the app. Links Debut of OmniFocus 2 - Blog - The Omni Group Omni’s Plans for 2013 - Blog - The Omni Group The OmniF…

Schechter looks back on a week that was lost to intentional and unintentional disruptions. Here’s a quick look at a week of choosing to make time and having time taken away. Links 33 Families For 33 Years The Three Things #25 Follow along with Michael Schechter Visit Schechter’s website at BetterMess.com Subscribe to A Better Mess by RSS or Email F…

This short and sweet episode of the podcast features Vardy riffing solo on how to deal with being sick and battling the desire to be productive at the same time. Links Low Energy Productivity | Productivityist.com A Fresh Take On Context – The OmniFocus Setup Talk | SimplicityBliss Follow along with Mike Vardy Visit Vardy’s website at Productivityi…

On a recent trip to Charlotte, Schechter dragged his brother-in-law, Brian Saemann, out for a beer and a chat. Brian recently made the leap gainful employment to going full-time on his own business (along with his wife and brother). In this episode, we examine the journey to self-employment, especially the steps Brian took (and those he couldn’t) t…

Vardy takes the reins this week in this conversation with Alex Cote and Dan Foody of Cloze, a web/iOS app that aims to help users focus on the people they communicate with rather than the platforms they use to communicate with them. Links Cloze Cloze for iOS Connect Better with Cloze | Productivityist.com"> Cloze : The Review in The Wall Street Jou…

“The Mikes” are back immediately following last week’s episode on the Pebble and Mailbox to talk about iOS only applications and the difficulty in creating iOS workflows. Links Clear For iPhone and Mac Finish App: Available Now on iPhone OmniFocus for Mac - The Omni Group Things - Cultured Code Sandpaper Apps | A Better Mess Out of the Box by James…

“The Mikes” talk about a few new toys, Schechter’s Pebble watch and Mailbox (which Schechter had just gotten access to at the time of this recording). This episode was recorded before their episode with Gentry Underwood, the CEO of Mailbox. Links Mailbox: The Band-Aid for Email | Productivityist.com How Will Apple Change The Watch Business? | A Bet…

Schechter is joined by fellow neurotic Jew (it’s not derogatory when we call ourselves that, right?), Yuvi Zalkow to talk about everything from Yuvi’s blog and social media hiatus, to his novel in progress as well as the revamp of his video series. We also go down one or ten rabbit holes, as we do. Links This Is Not A Blog Post Blog Hiatus — yuvi z…

Schechter chats with Ken Case, the CEO of The Omni Group, the morning after the OmniFocus 2 preview. Ken discusses the “Pro” vs. “Standard” approach, the new design and the motivation behind the newly announced OmniPresence. Links OmniFocus 2 Debut LaunchBar 5 Generational - 019 - Tasks, Contexts and Projects with Jeff Hunsberger Mikes On Mics - Ep…

“The Mikes” are joined by Aaron Mahnke of Frictionless and Gabe Weatherhead of Macdrifter for a conversation about what matters most when it comes to assessing applications. Note: The audio quality leaves a ton to be desired. This was slated to be a Mikes on Mics episode, but alas, the sound was not sufficient. The content however was, so we’ve put…

Vardy has a chat with CM Smith (former colleague at Lifehack) talk about how the idea of lifehacking has changed over the ye years, the idea of apps that offer all-in-one time saving, and much more. Links TEDx Talk - Mike Vardy - Hacking Lifehacks Easilydo: Life Assistant - Easilydo Inc. Cloze Postbox: A Powerful Cross-Platform Email Client [Review…

Schechter is joined by Nick Wynja from Hack / Make to discuss his last minute, year end decision to put out his best posts from his first year of writing the site as a book. Note: Schechter here. This is my first recording live an in person with my portable rig. I’d love to know what you think. Links Coffee Shop Contemplations (Buy My Book) — Hack …

Schechter and Vardy examine the challenges that come from an all in approach. Mostly Schechter does this by ripping Vardy’s all in on Evernote experiment to shreds. Note: The sound is a bit raw as we weren’t really intending this as an episode. This is meant to offer an unfiltered conversation rather than a polished show. Links Everything in Everno…

Vardy is joined by Jesse Phillips, creator of the NeuYear calendar. They discuss the impetus behind the creation of the product, as well as what Vardy thinks it would be great to use it for -- and all Mike Techniques listeners will get a 30% discount until January 31, 2013 by using the code miketechniques upon checkout. Links NeuYear How to Use a C…

Schechter is joined by Myke Hurley of 70Decibels fame for a special audio contribution to the Actually Getting Big Things Done series. Links CMD+SPACE - 017 - Gameboy English Lessons, with Federico Viticci The 512 Podcast - 039 - A Lick of Paint Follow along with Myke Hurley Visit the 70Decibels podcasting network Follow Myke on Twitter or App.net …

Mike Techniques For our first “solo” episode, Schechter is joined by C.J. Chilvers and Patrick Rhone to discuss the baggage, the challenges and the joys of following your own passions while doing what’s needed to support a family. Links Patrick’s comment on ADN and the ensuing conversation CJ’s guest post for Schechter: BFD and GTD Follow along wit…

This first episode is a raw, unedited segment of the brainstorming session that Michael Schechter of A Better Mess and Mike Vardy of Producitivityist.com had for their new collaborative email newsletter and podcast, Mike Techniques. Fair warning, these early episodes will be all over the map. Over time, if this works out, we’ll look to focus in on …