Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyA Shortcut To (Very) Quick Note TakingThis single action will speed up your note-taking. — I’ve written many times about Drafts, and how it’s the first place I go to write, on my MacBook and iPhone. You Must Use This App To Capture It All A single place to write everything. I mean, everything.medium.com Capturing your thoughts and ideas, whether a single sentence or more detailed, long-form content, is key to a workflow. Drafts is distraction-free and allows me to focus on the…Technology3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyMy One Top Tip To Stay ProductiveStop This One Thing — Apps. The beating heart of your phone. We use them for everything; banking, social media, music, video, business, photography, news, writing, shopping, travel, home automation, the list goes on. In each category there are so many to choose from, it can be bewildering. Workflow: the process you have built for…Technology3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyHow I Use Drafts as my Second BrainGetting into the habit of note-taking is key — Thank you Tiago Forte, for writing “Building a Second Brain”. This is a book that, if you’re looking to build and improve on note-taking and personal knowledge management (PKM), you should really invest in. The tools I use for my Second Brain are not actually called out in his book…Personal Knowledge System7 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyWhy Tags Are Better Than FoldersMaking the most of organisational structures — Note-taking is big business. There are many companies out there vying for your hard-earned cash to provide you with a service to capture your thoughts. It used to be so simple. A notepad and a pen to write down your thoughts. That was it. Now we are besieged by a plethora of apps that…Productivity4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyMy Top Mac AppsWhat keeps me moving — I wrote a story about the top apps I use on my iPhone and thought I’d follow it up with the most used apps on my MacBook. I use an old, in tech terms, MacBook Pro (early 2015). No M1 chip, just the Intel Core i5, with 8GB RAM. The…Productivity4 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Sep 19Member-onlyA Life Worth LivingThere is one chance to make it all worth it. — A life is worth living, We have but one chance. There is no rehearsal For this special dance. We take to the stage In the glaring spotlight. Are guided and directed To help get it right. Our performance continues, Our learning is growing. As time progresses onwards Our journey keeps…Poem2 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Sep 5Member-onlyWhy I’m Updating My Medium Stories And You Should Too!Keeping it fresh — I’ve been having a renaissance of sorts. Writing on Medium is extremely cathartic. Well, most of the time. I open a fresh page and type and type, before refining, editing, spell-checking and refining some more! Sometimes the words tumble out of my head and other times I can sit and…Writing3 min read
Published in The Shortform·Sep 4Member-onlySeptember SongThe seasons are changing — September. The air is still warm. Autumn is around the corner. The trees are holding on to their leaves. The sun is low. The seasons are changing. Once again the year turns a cog. The circle of life continues to rotate. Be prepared. The weather will change. The temperature will…Poem1 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Sep 1Member-onlyTikTok Is The New GoogleSearching has never been more fun — It seems that the young ones are turning to TikTok to get their fix of the news, as well as to find out how to do things, for example; how to unblock a sink! TikTok is becoming the place to find information, taking on the functions of those big internet…Social Media3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Aug 29Member-onlyIt’s The End Of The SummerThe next chapter is about to begin — It’s the end of the summer. At least, it’s the end of the holidays. Families all around the country are preparing for their children to head off into a new academic year. Whether that’s to University for the first time, or to High School, 6th Form or to college, each…Summer2 min read
