Productivity

April 8, 2024

These new custom perspective capabilities in OmniFocus 4.2 are very welcome. I’ll be able to do some long desired use cases with these! 👏

Custom Perspectives [Pro] – New “Has date in range” rule type enables filtering a perspective by assigned date range.

Custom Perspectives [Pro] – New “Is repeating” rule enables filtering repeating tasks.

Custom Perspectives [Pro] – New “Is project, group, or neither” rule type enables filtering for projects or groups.

Custom Perspectives [Pro] – New “Is in single actions list” rule type enables filtering for items in single action lists.

April 2, 2024

Today I Learned: DNS and Wildcard Records

One of my favorite features of Fastmail is mail routing. I can use that to create any number of ad hoc email addresses in the format of anything at jamie.thingelstad.com. I’ve been using this feature for a while and to set it up you create a wildcard MX entry for your domain …

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February 15, 2024

I was very excited to read that OmniFocus is now on TestFlight for Vision OS! I enrolled and am now one step closer to having my core productivity tools in Vision OS.

Apple Vision Pro interface showing floating app icons including OmniFocus, PCalc, PowerPoint, Sky Guide, Super Fruit Ninja, Word, and Zillow Immerse over a kitchen background.

February 9, 2024

I got a Magic Keyboard to pair with the Apple Vision Pro. I want to use the Vision Pro for productivity and typing is a must. I hooked it up (it is charging in the picture) and I was surprised to see this typing display that floats above the keyboard. it also knew which keyboard I was using?

Apple Magic Keyboard on a wooden desk with a floating Vision Pro dictation UI above it showing text and word suggestions

February 7, 2024

Ordered a Magic Keyboard to pair with the Apple Vision Pro so I can dive into more of the productivity use cases.

January 28, 2024

Jumping into Obsidian

I recently decided to give Obsidian a serious investigation and voluntarily dive down the “rabbit hole.” 🕳️🐇 The tipping point for me was this post by Daniel Tan reflecting on his journey with Obsidian and how it has become an “indispensable tool” for him. I once ran my own …

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December 13, 2023

Upgraded to OmniFocus 4

I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of OmniFocus 4.0 and today is the day! I haven’t used any of the betas so it is all new to me. It was an easy decision to upgrade because OmniFocus is one of my most frequently used apps and the cornerstone of my GTD system. I upgraded three …

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November 12, 2023

I created my very first custom GPT tonight — GTD Coach. This GPT is designed to help practitioners of GTD that use OmniFocus improve their practice and get advice. I started with more robust questions around different levels of planning and gave great suggestions.

October 1, 2023

Task Management for the Weekly Thing

I’m often asked about how I create the Weekly Thing and how I’ve been doing it for over six years. People are usually curious about how I find things to write about or how I build the Weekly Thing. However, there is a critical part that is invisible to others but key to the …

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September 30, 2023

I created a Shortcuts Collection page to connect various blog posts I’ve written about Shortcuts and how I use them. Few posts so far, but thinking this is a topic I will write about more since I do so much with it.