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The $40 App That Justified Chris Bowler’s iPad Purchase  →

Chris Bowler, answering some questions for Ben Brooks about his iPad:

Thanks to OmniFocus, my iPad is now a key part of my work day. I keep an eye on my tasks there and do all of my weekly reviews with the iPad. It’s the first app where using the iPad version is easier and has less friction than the desktop counterpart. I give the biggest kudos to the OmniGroup team for creating an interface that just … flows.

The $40 App That Justified Chris Bowler’s iPad Purchase

Clever Shortcuts and Other Parameters for Entering Due Dates Into OmniFocus [PDF]  →

It got to the point where I didn’t want to add any more info to my 6,000-word review of OmniFocus. But these tips from page 22 of the OmniFocus Manual about how to type in due dates are priceless.

You can be pretty creative with the way you enter dates; OmniFocus is rather smart about guessing what you mean. For example:

  • 2d, -3w, 1h, 1y1m, and so on — Relative dates and times put the date at a certain amount of time from right now. Negative numbers represent times in the past.

  • 2 days, -3 weeks, 1 hour, 1 year 1 month, and so on — You can use the full names of units too.

  • yesterday, tomorrow, next thursday, last month, this friday, and so on — You can refer to relative dates using common words. “This”, “next”, and “last” have specific meanings: this friday always means the Friday in this week, next friday always means the Friday in the next week, and last friday always means the Friday in last week, regardless of what day today is. Other units work in the same way.

  • september, thurs, 2019, and so on — If you enter the name of a specific time period, the date will be at its beginning. So september means Septem- ber first.

  • 5/23/08 10a, 9.30.09 2:00 PM, and so on — You can use the short date format as defined in your International system preferences.

Clever Shortcuts and Other Parameters for Entering Due Dates Into OmniFocus [PDF]

Yojimbo 3.0  →

The hallmark feature of 3.0 is sync support for the brand new Yojimbo iPad app. The Desktop version syncs to the iPad version over a local Wi-Fi network. Alas, the notes and items on your iPad will be read only, and it does not sync over the air. But it’s a good looking, easy-to-use repository of your Yojimbo information right on your iPad.

The 3.0 upgrade is free if you already own 2.x — Bare Bones will send you a free 3.0 license seat in the next several days, and in the mean time you can just download the 3.0 demo. The iPad app is $10 in the iTunes store.

Yojimbo 3.0

Andy Ihnatko’s “Back to the Mac” Event Predictions  →

Andy Ihnatko:

Overall, you should be looking for features that tie the whole product line together, such as AirPlay, and ways of integrating the Mac OS file system into mobile devices. Apple’s been building the Death Star for quite some time — aka that huge new data center in North Carolina — so honestly, any guess that would require massive storage and infrastructure seems possible.

Yes, please.

Andy Ihnatko’s “Back to the Mac” Event Predictions

Recommended Books  →

I’ve begun building a list of recommended, non-fiction, help-you-do-what-you-love-to-do-better types of books. The page lists five books so far. Some for writing, one for leading and creating, and one for iOS developing. I’ve read each one and highly recommend them all. And if you’re kind enough to pick a few of them up, I will get a small kickback which, in turn, helps me to continue writing here.

Recommended Books