productivity
[](https://i1.wp.com/lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AQ1GOWjNhJY/URitT_0iHCI/AAAAAAAAGzQ/ujnrWgtorYY/s2048/3254E75C-5BBC-4338-A3C9-847920EC9383.JPG?ssl=1) I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reading about productivity and
iPad
So, I’m not the only one to find the iPad ideal for writing [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/12/on_ipads_screen_sizes_and_productivity.html] . Warren Ellis does, too: > Okay, so, yes, I did write a chunk of GUN MACHINE on the iPad. I did it
Blogging
I’ve read again and again over the years, that reading your e-mail as the first task in your working day is the wrong thing to do [http://www.fastcompany.com/3000619/what-successful-people-do-first-hour-their-work-day] . You should dive into a few tasks, do something directly productive first, and then switch back to
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/10/the-man-without-email.jpg] Nearly four years ago I liveblogged Luis Suarez [http://www.elsua.net/] talking about his nine-month old project to abandon e-mail [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2008/10/giving_up_email_for_social_sof.html] . How’s
evernote
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/12/IMG_9559-Version-2.jpg] From 5m to 20m users in a year. Partnerships with companies like Orange in France, to give their users a free year of Evernote Premium. A refreshingly free way with their figures – apparently the only way
books
 Those who know me are aware that, on the whole, I prefer the arrive late/ leave late approach to work. I skip the worst
apps
 Day One [http://dayoneapp.com/] is an app for iPhone and Mac. I blame @megpickard [http://www.megpickard.com/] for introducing me to
[https://i0.wp.com/www.computerweekly.com/blogs/enterprise-social-software/pics/2008/Luis%20Suarez.jpg] Poor old e-mail, it’s taking a right old beating at this conference. In fact, one speaker has given it up entirely. Luis Suarez [http://www.elsua.net/] isn’t from a hipster startup, though. He
Blogs
E-mail. No-one thinks of it as a social app. It’s hardly what we think of as Web 2.0, yet it’s the most social piece of software most of us use each day. Oh, and it’s broken. [https://i2.wp.com/www.computerweekly.com/blogs/enterprise-social-software/pics/
