productivity

And…back Members Public

Back from both holiday and a blogging break. Here's what's been going on.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
productivity

iOS 11 fundamentally changes the iPad Members Public

I’ve been playing with the iOS11 public beta on my iPad for the last couple of weeks – and it’s transformative in the way I can use it for getting work done. This video gives you a sense of some of the differences: I’m really excited for the

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iOS

Tabs: the vice of choice for the digital hoarder Members Public

Are browser tabs the obsession of a new wave of hoarders? Pretty much [https://daily.jstor.org/browser-tab-clutter-is-the-new-hoarding/] > Sure, all those browser tabs don’t actually require physical storage space. But they intrude on my computer every bit as much as physical clutter intrudes on my home. Every window

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
browsers

iPad: the almost device Members Public

MG Siegler on almost being able to switch full-time to his iPad [https://500ish.com/back-at-my-machine-bebcb0ff7b4e#.bkhe3dm72] – but not quite: > This is especially frustrating to me because I see glimpses of the computing future I could have. Tonight, for example, I brought only my iPad to a cafe to

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iPad

Can you monotask? Members Public

The New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/fashion/monotasking-drop-everything-and-read-this-story.html] > Not the same as mindfulness, which focuses on emotional awareness, monotasking is a 21st-century term for what your high school English teacher probably just called “paying attention.” This is one of the reasons I work

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
focus

Om Malik on daily journalism Members Public

Some good advice for journalists from Om Malik [http://om.co/2016/05/10/lets-stop-chicken-mcnugget-reporting/], even if it swims against the “volume over all” tide: > At Gigaom we didn’t push our reporters to do 10 posts a day. I always advised folks to write on an average 1,

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital journalism

Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web Members Public

Using an iPad to prepare photos for the web [http://www.imore.com/why-i-prefer-ipad-pro-my-mac-importing-and-editing-photos] This article has me rethinking one of my core reasons for not using my iPad for more blogging: > I’ve pretty much stopped importing and editing images on my Mac. Though I didn’t expect

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iPad

E-mail Ennui Members Public

I hate e-mail. I really hate e-mail. Can everyone just move to messaging apps for the serious stuff right now, please? Thanks.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
e-mail