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Nested FoldersHow We Find Our Towels, Nested Folders FinaleIn this, our last episode, Rose and Scotty discuss finding stability in changed or uncertain times.
Thank you so much for your support and for listening. We sign off with gratitude and appreciation.
Some things we mention and love in this show:
Scotty's blog post about stopping podcasting
Nested Folders post announcing our finale
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Wikipedia)
Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy: the towel
Hemispheric Views podcast
2023-02-0140 minNested FoldersI Lost My TowelRose and Scotty discuss how they manage through periods where systems and practices aren’t working for them.
Some things we mention and love:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Wikipedia)
Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy: the towel
The pot roast story
How to Train Your Dragon (Wikipedia)
About the KonMari Method | The Official Website of Marie Kondo
Decluttering at the Speed of Life, by Dana K. White
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Some things we mention and love:
Die Hard (many times)
Finding Nemo, just keep swimming
Month Python and the Holy Grail, counting to five for the holy hand grenade
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Some things we mention and love:
Rainy Days and Mondays, by the Carpenters (not Blondie, but we've fixed attribution here!)
Lose Yourself, by Eminem
Enemy, by Imagine Dragons x J.I.D
CTRL^^^, by MONOWHALES
Light boxes
Mark Twain on eating a live frog
Monty Python's Crunchy Frog
The Shining (All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy)
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only ep...2022-11-3029 minNested FoldersBalancing the BoxesRose and Scotty discuss how they both identify and balance the various parts of their lives.
In this episode, we mention and love Cal Newport's How to Become a Straight A Student.
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!2022-11-1630 minNested FoldersGood Habits, Bad HabitsRose and Scotty discuss habits, both good and bad, and identifying and caring for them.
Some things we mention and love:
The pot roast story
Getting Things Done - What is GTD?
Horizons of focus
Yes, there was an issue with Scotty's local audio for the first part, and so we had to sub in our backup audio for the first few segments. Sorry about that! Those whø were responsible have been sacked.
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and...2022-11-0227 minNested FoldersPlaying to Your StrengthsRose and Scotty discuss how they think about their strengths, consider what they mean, and how to best employ them.
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Some things we mention and love:
12 Week Year
Nested Folders episode 3: Building Bookends
Mike Schmitz’s Personal Retreat
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Some past episodes that expand on ideas mentioned here:
Nested Folders Episode 83: High Flips, Competing Priorities, and Fast Switching: Snowball effect
Nested Folders Episode 2: No(n) Zero Day
Nested Folders Episode 66: Background Thinking
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Some things we mention and love:
Rubber ducking
Pixar's Soul, the ocean
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The Talk Show With John Gruber356: ‘An Unranted Rant’, With Rosemary Orchard
Special guest Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about her new book, Take Control of Shortcuts, and the state of automation on iOS and MacOS.
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Links:
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iOS Today at TWiT...2022-09-012h 11Nested FoldersHigh Flips, Competing Priorities, and Fast SwitchingRose and Scotty discuss rapidly moving between many pieces of competing work and how they navigate through these experiences.
Some things we mention and love:
You Need a Budget: Snowball effect
Eisenhower matrix
How to be a miracle worker (Scotty Principle): Part 1 and Part 2
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Some things we mention and love:
What is Getting Things Done
Office Space: I could set the building on fire
Mad Men: Not great, Bob
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: find your towel
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Some things we mention and love:
How to Deal with Clutter When You Have ADHD
OmniFocus
Agenda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Bring Out Your Dead
The LEGO® Botanical Collection
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AutomatorsPodcast Automation and Focus Modes with Scotty JacksonIn this episode, David and Rosemary are joined once more by Scotty Jackson. They take a look at home automation related to Focus Modes, and whether or not you can automate a podcast.
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Automators105: Podcast Automation and Focus Modes with Scotty JacksonIn this episode, David and Rosemary are joined once more by Scotty Jackson. They take a look at home automation related to Focus Modes, and whether or not you can automate a podcast.2022-07-021h 10Nested FoldersDelegationRose and Scotty discuss the art of delegation, how they think about it, and how they work with it.
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Some things we mention and love:
Mise en place (Wikipedia)
What is Getting Things Done
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Some things we mention and love:
KC Davis and Struggle care
Drafts app
Agenda app
Scotty’s Agenda Daily Log
Yoink app
Unclutter app
Setapp
DEVONthink
Baskets! All baskets!
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We mention Jerry Seinfeld’s productivity secret (this is the earliest mention of it we could find), and a few quotes from David Allen.
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We mention the XY problem, which is something worth really reflecting on!
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Some things we mentions and love:
OmniFocus
Drafts
Bullet Journal
Philips Hue Go portable light
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Some things we mention and love:
Getting Things Done
Nested Folders Episode 5: How We Weekly Review
Nested Folders Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part III/IV: Review
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Some things we refer to and love:
Rubber duck debugging
Rubin’s vase
Nested Folders Episode 59: Naming and Language
Inverted question marks
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We mention and love:
Obsidian
OmniFocus
Trello
Nested Folders Episode 59: Naming and Language
Rose’s Project Export Script
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 54: Closing a Chapter
Nested Folders Episode 55: Starting a New Chapter
Nested Folders Episode 3: Building Bookends
Descript | All-in-one audio/video editing, as easy as a doc
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Some things we mention and discuss:
WidgetPack
Nested Folders Episode 67: Todo Lists vs. Task Management
Due app
Nested Folders Episode 63: The Silent To Do List
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 65: The Last Mile
Nested Folders Episode 66: Background Thinking
OmniFocus
Mindmapping (and we like MindNode)
Drafts
TaskHeat
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Some things we mention and love:
Desk yoga
Yoga stretches at your desk
Three minute yoga you can add while sitting
Just Press Record
Bullet Journal migrations
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 54: Closing a Chapter
Nested Folders Episode 55: Starting a New Chapter
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Some things we mention and love:
Mastermind group
OmniFocus
LEGO Birds of Paradise and LEGO Bonsai Tree
Getting Things Done Weekly Review
Bullet Journal migration
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Some things we mention and love:
The silent todo list post on Reddit
David Allen and the Getting Things Done methodology
The Clutterbug Survey
The Audra Edmonson post about project boards inspired by Barbara Shur
Nested Folders Episode 35: Installing GTD
Lightly NSFW: Un"filth" Your Habitat
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Some things we mention and love:
OmniFocus
Bullet Journaling
Taskheat
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We mention and love:
Scotty’s blog post on being unwell
Nested Folders Episode 60: “Best Before” Dates
Nested Folders Episode 58: Defining Failure
Nanoleaf
Airport Express
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders episode 58: Defining Failure
OmniFocus
Rose's OmniFocus script for cleaning up old tasks (forthcoming)
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Things we mention and love:
The Getting Things Done methodology for task management
OmniFocus
Due
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. If you don’t care for subscriptions, can also show your support through a one-time donation on the Unnested Folders page. Thanks everyone!2021-08-1030 minNested FoldersDefining FailureRose and Scotty discuss failure, how we experience it, and how we might reframe and learn from it.
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We refer to past Nested Folders episode 41, List of Lists, as well as to a few tools:
Elgato Streamdeck
Keyboard Maestro
Shortcuts
AirTable
OmniFocus
Things
We also mention some books and reading:
Refuse to Choose, by Barbara Sher
Atomic Habits, by James Clear
The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support! We offer a premium subscription called Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonu...2021-07-1328 minNested FoldersStreamlining, Managing, and Automating InboxesRose and Scotty discuss inboxes, how they manage them, and ways to optimize how they operate and what they even are.
Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 28: GTD Workflow Part 1, Capture
Drafts
Airmail
1Password
iOS 15: Focus, domain email, more
OmniFocus
Due
Reminders Parsing and Sorting Shortcut
OmniAutomation Script for Processing Shopping Emails
The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande
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This follows our previous episode, Episode 55: Closing a Chapter, where we talking about a large body of work or way of life coming to an end, setting the stage for this new one.
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Some related past listening is the previous episode, Episode 53: Crisis Management, and our Episode 3: Building Bookends, but wow, that's a really old one, and the audio quality isn't quite as it is now. You've been warned.
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Some related past listening is our Episode 19: Dealing with Sudden Change.
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Some things we mention and love:
David Sparks' Status Dashboard
Kanban
OmniFocus
AirTable
Shortcuts
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 39: Lists and Tags and Contexts
Nested Folders Episode 50: A Year of Pandemic Folder Nesting
Om Save Safari Extension
OmniFocus
Obsidian
Agenda
RocketBook
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We mention Nested Folders episode 19: Dealing With Sudden Change, and make some light reference to our GTD series as well.
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We refer to Nested Folders episode 47: Hacking Pitfalls and some other past episodes, which we try to keep evergreen for lasting value. 😁
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We reference a bunch of past material on this one! Check out:
Nested Folders Episode 46: Breaking Up and Down the Weekly Review
Unnested Folders: Our Productivity Apps Unnested
Nested Folders Episode 13: The Year End Review
Nested Folders Episode 44: Getting the Little Things Done
Nested Folders Episode 16: The Maker and the Manager
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions an...2021-02-2335 minNested FoldersBreaking Up and Down the Weekly ReviewRose and Scotty discuss ways of addressing the magnitude of the weekly review by breaking it up, parcelling it out, and breaking it in to manageable chunks.
We're talking weekly reviews, and to hear more about us on this kind of topic, check out past episodes of Nested Folders:
Nested Folders episode 32: GTW Workflow Part III/IV: Review
Nested Folders episode 5: How We Weekly Review
Nested Folders episode 13: The Year End Review
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to he...2021-02-0933 minNested FoldersFinding the FuelRose and Scotty discuss ways of kick-starting out energy or motivation when it's tough to feel inspired or get going.
Some things we mention and love:
Pomodoro technique
Pomolego technique
Nested Folders episode 42: Decluttering for Productivity
Nested Folders episode 8: Setting Up Your Workspace
Dark Noise app
Rubber duck debugging
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 27: The Two Minute "Rule"
Rose on The Sweet Setup: How I Use Timeblocking to Increase my Efficiency
Dark Noise
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We refer to some previous episodes of Nested Folders here, including:
Episode 5: How We Weekly Review
Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part II/IV: Review
Episode 37: I'm a Mess
Episode 15: Staying on the Rails
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Things we mention or refer to:
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Joy at Work, and all the things by Marie Kondo
Bluelounge cable management products
The number 42 (this is the forty second episode of Nested Folders, after all)
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Some of the lists we talk about:
Media
Gifts
Games
Books
Apps
People
Wine
Autobiography titles
Things to automate
Productivity
Some things we mention and love:
Ticket to Ride
OmniGroup Slack
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Some things we mention and love:
Crouton
Constant vigilance
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Things we mention and love:
Getting Things Done (GTD) contexts
OmniFocus
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Some things we mention and love:
Feel good about what you are not doing
Cal Newport Straight A Student
Nested Folders Episode 5, How We Weekly Review
Nested Folders Episode 32, GTD Workflow Part III/IV: Review
Scotty's daily journaling
Rose's daily routine on Automators #47: The Daily Brief
Merlin Mann Productive Talk interview with David Allen
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 10: Capturing Braindumps
Nested Folders Episode 28, GTD Workflow Part I: Capture
Not great, Bob
Cognitive defusion (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
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Things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 13: The Year End Review
Nested Folders Episode 14: You've Got to Have a Plan
Mike Schmitz's Personal Retreat Handbook (12 Week Year)
OmniFocus
Agenda
Previous Nested Folders GTD series episodes:
Episode 28: GTD Workflow Part I, Capture
Episode 29: GTD Workflow Part II, Clarify/Process and Organize
Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part III/IV: Review
Episode 33: GTD Workflow Part IV/V: D...2020-09-2227 minNested FoldersInstalling GTDRose and Scotty discuss what it can be like to introduce a Getting Things Done (GTD) system in to your life, as well as ways to think about the system you have and ways to continuously improve it.
Things we mention and love:
Getting Things Done
Nested Folders Episode 28: GTD Workflow Part I, Capture
Nested Folders Episode 29: GTD Workflow Part II, Clarify/Process and Organize
Nested Folders Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part III/IV: Review
Nested Folders Episode 33: GTD Workflow Part IV/V: Do/Engage
Hipster PDA
OmniFocus
Things
Nested Folders Episode 34: Fire Inspection Unnested
Nested Folders Episode 7: How to Do...2020-09-0826 minNested FoldersFire Inspection UnnestedRose and Scotty introduce Unnested Folders! As a first go, this episode is available to everyone, where we discuss ways of approaching the challeges of the work of a busy fire inspector.
If you're interested in supporting us and getting future episodes of Unnested Folders, which will feature listener use cases and challenges, check out our website - we'd love your support!
Things we mention and love:
Unnested Folders
Hipster PDA
DEVONthink
Belvedere (Windows)
Hazel (Mac)
Todo.txt on Lifehacker
Rocket
Four colour Bic pens
Expandable filer
Sharpie pens
Coloured folders
2020-08-2527 minNested FoldersGTD Workflow Part IV/V: Do/EngageRose and Scotty get to what is hopefully the last in our tragically numbered series on our coverage of the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology, which is Engage (or Do). We talk about the act of getting in to execution, using this act to prove out or improve the preceding part of the workflow, and what the mindset of doing can accomplish in terms of life and your system.
Things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 28: GTD Workflow Part 1, Capture
Nested Folders Episode 29: GTD Workflow Part II, Clarify/Process and Organize
Nested Folders Episode 32: GTD Workflow Part III/IV...2020-08-1128 minNested FoldersGTD Workflow Part III/IV: ReviewIn part three of our GTD workflow series, we tackle part four of the GTD workflow: review (sorry for the numbering). From the weekly review to inbox sweeps to larger horizon reviews, we touch on this aspect of the Getting Things Done methodology.
We mention and love:
Nested Folder episode 5: How We Weekly Review
Nested Folders episode 13: The Year End Review
GTD Weekly Review Checklist
Nested Folders episode 11: Someday/Maybe/Never
Nested Folders episode 31: One Year of Nested Folders
Rose's Daily Brief on Automators episode 47: The Daily Brief
Scotty's Daily Journal (with Agenda and OmniFocus)
If you enjoy Nested Folders...2020-07-2832 minNested FoldersOne Year of Nested FoldersRose and Scotty reflect on a year of doing Nested Folders, what we've learned, and what's to come.
Thank you to all of out listeners for your time, attention, feedback, and support! We're having a lovely time.
We mention and love:
Matthew Lee's question about learning
Aran Rees' question about what we were wrong about/false assumptions
OmniGroup Slack
Ryan Dotson
Josh Hughes
J.F. Brissette and JFB Media Solutions
Build Your OmniFocus Workflow
Automators Podcast
Relay.fm
Share your feedback with us
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Nested FoldersScotty's Agenda SetupOur thanks to Agenda for sponsoring this second of two special episodes, where Rose interviews Scotty about his setup and usage of Agenda, what he keeps there, and how it fits in his workflows.
Links to resources mentioned:
Agenda
Agenda x-callback-url scheme
Agenda Community
Nested Folders episode 26: Rose's Agenda Setup
Daily Journal Shortcut
Rapid Logging/Bullet Journaling Shortcut
Meeting Wrap Up Shortcut
List Manager Shortcut
Agenda and OmniFocus Project Maker Shortcut
Shortcut to Make Rich Text from Markdown and Email
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Related things we talk about and love:
Nested Folders Episode 28: GTD Workflow Part I, Capture
Nested Folders Episode 27: The Two Minute "Rule"
GTD Official Workflow
GTD Workflow Processing and Organizing
DIY Planner GTD Workflow Flow Chart
HeyScottyJ: What's in a Name? Everything.
Merlin Mann: Getting Started with "Getting Things Done"
OmniFocus
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Things we mention and love:
Nested Folders episode 27: The Two Minute "Rule"
Getting Things Done workflow
OmniFocus
Agenda
Drafts
Shortcuts
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We mention:
Getting Things Done
Two Minute Rule
GTD Live Seminar
OmniFocus
OmniFocus Automation
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Important links:
Agenda
Agenda Community
x-callback-url Support/Reference
Rose's Shortcut for adding notes to a project in Agenda
Apps Rose uses together with Agenda:
Pushcut
Data Jar
OmniFocus
DEVONthink
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Things we mention and love:
Nested Folders episode 16: The Maker and the Manager
Google Docs
Slack
Dropbox
Scrivener
CalZones
WhenWorks
Calendly
Marvin the Paranoid Android
Build Your OmniFocus Workflow
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Talking To The Internet4: The Regal Rosemary OrchardEp4: Rosemary OrchardTTTI: Linkstalkingtotheinternet.com@tttipodcastCA Hixson on TwitterSupport TTTIFeedbackGuest Recommendation? Send feedback using the link aboveEp4: Links@RosemaryOrchardRosemary on InstagramRosemary's WebsiteAutomatorsNested FoldersTake Control of ShortcutsBuild Your OmniFocus WorkflowRosemary on Relay FMRosemary on Micro.blogPodcasts/Blogs/Things MentionedMPUThe Sweet SetupScreenCastsOnlineGravMicro.blogWordPressShortcutsAutomation OrchardRelay FMNetNewsWireCortexMacstockHello InternetJaksWild Bengals - InstagramPeople MentionedDavid Sparks - @MacSparkyStephen Hackett - @ismhMyke Hurley - @imykeSal SoghoianRyan Dotson - @nostodnayrScotty Jackson - @HeyScottyJMatthew Cassinelli - @mattcassinelliCGP Grey - @cgpgreyIntro/Outro Music...2020-05-1159 minAutomatorsReusable Shortcuts with Scotty JacksonIn this episode, David and Rosemary are joined by Scotty Jackson to talk about his Shortcuts based automations which cross into the web and beyond.
This episode of Automators is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:2020-05-081h 02Nested FoldersThe Power of NoRose and Scotty discuss the importance of saying no as a way of limiting commitiments, creating a platform for collaboration, and playing metaphorical Jenga.
Some things we mention and love:
Talking to Strangers, by Malcolm Gladwell
Jenga
OmniFocus
AirTable
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Nested FoldersRose's DEVONthink SetupA very special thank you to DEVONtechnologies for sponsoring this bonus episode of Nested Folders. In it, Scotty interviews Rose and explores her setup, architecture, and usage of DEVONthink to organize her projects, studies, reference material, version control, and life.
Follow our special link to the DEVONtechnologies website to enjoy a 10% discount on any of the editions of DEVONthink, a special for listeners of Nested Folders!
Other apps that complement Rose's use of DEVONthink:
DEVONthink Reminders
Send to DEVONthink action for Drafts
Yoink
PopClip
DEVONthink browser extensions
Zapier
IFTTT
Hazel
Shortcuts
Scotty's setup is available on Nested Folders episode 20.
If...2020-04-2829 minNested FoldersStructureRose and Scotty talk about creating structure in the course of a pandemic, or in any kind of context where lines between activities can blur because of environmental factors or not changing physical spaces.
Some things we mention and love:
Donut
Day One
OmniFocus
Agenda
Streaks
Scotty's journaling stack
Learn Klingon
AirTable
Automators #47: The Daily Brief
Nested Folders episode 21: Boundaries
Nested Folders episode 16: The Maker and the Manager
Getting Things Done trigger list
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Things we mention and love:
Jonathan Lacour's article on automating a Fire tablet as a sign
Philips Hue
Airtable
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Follow our special link to the DEVONtechnologies website to enjoy a 10% discount on any of the editions of DEVONthink, a special for listeners of Nested Folders!
Other things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 12: Actions vs. Reference
OmniFocus
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Things we mention and love:
OmniFocus
Things
Todoist
Eisenhower 2x2 matrix
Due
Back to Work (I couldn't identify the exact BIQNX
What I Need shortcut (set to make notes in a project in Agenda, but you can modify it!)
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Things we mention and love:
Nested Folders episode 16: The Maker and the Manager
Nested Folders episode 2: No(n) Zero Day
Three random OmniFocus actions
The Importance of Planning Every Minute of Your Work Day, by Cal Newport
OmniFocus
Drafts
iOS Shortcuts
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Launched9: Rosemary OrchardProductivity expert Rosemary Orchard joins the show to talk about the launch of her books and podcasts.
Links & Show Notes
Rosemary on Twitter
Automators (Podcast)
Nested Folders (Podcast)
Relay FM
Marco Arment - Podcasting Microphones Mega-Review
Build Your OmniFocus Workflow (Book)
Ryan Dotson
MindNode
OmniOutliner
Scrivener
Take Control of Shortcuts: Automation on the Go For iOS and iPadOS (Book)
Take Control Books
David Sparks
Scotty Jackson
More Launched
Website - launchedfm.com
Twitter - @LaunchedFM
Reddit - /r/LaunchedFM
2020-03-1056 minNested FoldersManaging OverwhelmRose and Scotty discuss how we manage through feelings of overwhelm, how we think about overwhelm, and reflect of strategies to prevent overwhelm.
Things we mention and love:
Nested Folders Episode 15: Staying on the Rails
Nested Folders Episode 14: You've Got to Have a Plan
Nested Folders Episode 5: How We Weekly Review
Nested Folders Episode 13: The Year End Review
Nested Folders Episode 9: Professional and Personal
X-Wing design Moleskine day per page notebook
Mindmapping
OmniFocus
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Stuff we mention and love:
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule, by Paul Graham
Maker vs. Manager: How To Schedule For Your Productivity Style, by Stella Garber on Trello blog
Maker vs. Manager: How to make a schedule that supports your working style, by Jory MacKay on RescueTime blog
Nested Folders Episode 2: No(n)-Zero Day
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Some things we mention and love:
Nested Folders, Episode 13: The Year End Review
Nested Folders, Episode 5: How We Weekly Review
MPU, Episode 519 (using the Drafts badge)
Mike Schmitz's Personal Retreat
DevonThink
Unibox
ScreenCastsONLINE preview of Unibox
OmniFocus
Agenda
Mindnode
Field Notes
Scotty's daily journal shortcut
Pushcut
Due
X-Wing design Moleskine day per page notebook
WhenWorks
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, wh...2020-01-2832 minNested FoldersYou've Got to Have a PlanThe key is to have a plan, so that you know what you’re changing when you change it. Rose and Scotty talk about what it is to have a plan, make a plan, and deal with having a plan. We discuss approaches and things to think about, as well as tools we use about those (Airtable is probably mentioned).
Some of the things Rose and Scotty mention and love:
iA Writer
Drafts
Agenda
Rubber Duck Debugging
Taskpaper format
Airtable
GitHub
Notion
WhenWorks
Zoho Projects
Taskheat
OmniFocus
OmniPlan
OmniOutliner
Nested Folders episode 12: Actions vs. Reference
GTD Podcast episode 55: David Allen on...2020-01-1427 minNested FoldersThe Year End ReviewRose and Scotty discuss their approaches to year end reviews, reflecting on what has been and planning for what is to come.
Some questions we ask ourselves:
What did I do this year that was awesome?
Why did that work so well?
What do I want to do next year?
What could I have improved from this year?
How might I improve that?
What did I learn this year?
What mistakes did I make?
What habits need time and attention?
What's already planned for next year?
What am I excited about?
Other things we mention and love:
Streaks
OmniFocus
Cortex...2019-12-3128 minNested FoldersActions vs. ReferenceRose and Scotty discuss the difference between and management of actions/tasks and reference material.
Things we mention and love:
Rose's blog post on DEVONthink, OmniFocus, and Shortcuts
Scotty's blog post on project creation in Agenda and OmniFocus with Shortcut
DEVONthink
OmniFocus
Shortcuts
Agenda
Evernote
Nested Folders episode 10: Capturing Braindumps
Nested Folders episode 5: How We Weekly Review
Nested Folders episode 11: Someday/Maybe/Never
AirTable
Confluence
Once again, a huge thanks to J.F. Brissette and JFB Media Solutions, whose audio engineering expertise helped Rose and Scotty sound their very best.
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as...2019-12-1733 minNested FoldersSomeday/Maybe/NeverRosemary and Scotty discuss the purpose and value of someday/maybe lists, as well as different ways to manage them, featuring Rose's use of git as a method.
Here are some of the the things we mention and love:
Eisenhower matrix
OmniFocus
Nested Folders Episode 4: When Not to be Productive
Pinterest
DevonThink
Trakt
Goodreads
Git
BBEdit
Source Tree
Working Copy
iA Writer
Drafts
Taskpaper formatting reference
Markdown formatting reference, followed by its extended syntax for tasks
Bullet Journal
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Apps we mention and love:
Scapple
MindNode
OmniOutliner
Notability
Some resources we talk about:
Build your OmniFocus workflow trigger list
Rose's Trigger List Shortcut
Again, special thanks to J.F. Brissette and JFB Media Solutions, whose audio engineering expertise helped Rose and Scotty sound their very best.
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Th...2019-11-1930 minNested FoldersProfessional and PersonalScotty and Rose discuss managing professional and personal (and personally professional?) demands in systems to get things done while also organizing effectively.
Stuff we mention and love:
OmniFocus
Agenda
Ulysses
Drafts
Fantastical
A special thanks to J.F. Brissette and JFB Media Solutions, whose audio engineering expertise helped Rose and Scotty sound their very best.
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Some things we mention and love:
Roost Stand (with alternatives on Amazon)
Zebra telescopic biro (ball-point pen)
Anker PowerCore Speed 20000
ZMI USB PD Backup Battery & Hub
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Some things we mention and love:
Getting Things Done, by David Allen
Slack
Filofax
Kanban
Shortcuts (iOS)
Agenda (iOS)
Student collaborative note taking during lecture, via GeoEd Trek
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!2019-10-0826 minNested FoldersIs It Worth Automating?Rose and Scotty discuss (perhaps not really answering) the question of whether work is worth investing in automation for. From anger to accuracy to convenience, there are a number of great reasons to think about automation as a valuable tool.
Check out the Automators podcast, which Rose co-hosts with David Sparks, and which is a wealth of automation information.
We talked about a lot of software in this episode, including:
Airtable
Shortcuts
Zapier
Integromat
Excel (not a database)
Numbers
OmniFocus
Also mentioned is the Brydge Keyboard (with a y).
Get all kinds of insights about automation from Rose's blog, and...2019-09-2429 minNested FoldersHow We Weekly ReviewRose and Scotty discuss how they conduct their productivity reviews and how they like to think about them.
Mentioned in the podcast:
The GTD Weekly Review checklist
GTD: Weekly Review audio program (which Scotty quoted without thinking about and which is a good one - no affiliation)
Blog post: Pre-Frontal Mondays, by David Kadavy (Scotty referred to Executive Mondays, and this was the inspiration)
Not mentioned in the podcast:
Podcast: The Weekly Review, hosted by James Dempsey and Jean MacDonald (wonderful podcast)
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we pr...2019-09-1029 minNested FoldersWhen Not to be ProductiveIn this episode, Rose and Scotty discuss the importance of times to be unproductive, and how to manage that.
Things we mention/discuss in the show:
Definition of procrastination (from Merlin Mann’s interview with David Allen)
Yoshi’s Crafted World for Nintendo Switch
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Why Power Napping can Increase your Productivity
Airtable
Integromat
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Things we mention and love:
12 Week Year
https://courses.faithbasedproductivity.com/p/personal-retreat-handbook?affcode=289620_cb9jt9df
International Fixed Calendar
Tweet thread on the calendar (it's well worth reading, it has an unexpected turn or two!)
If you...2019-08-1324 minNested FoldersEpisode 2: No(n) Zero DayIn this episode, Rose introduces Scotty to the concept of a non-zero day, and they discuss ways to keep progressing towards goals, even if it's just a bit at a time.
Things we mention and love:
Original non-zero day Reddit post
NonZeroDay SubReddit
If You Want to Change the World, Start Off by Making Your Bed - William McRaven, US Navy Admiral
Also (thank you for listener feedback!), Scotty's new mic is live starting next episode. Hooray!
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to...2019-07-3023 minNested FoldersEpisode 1: Checklisting a ProjectSo many projects, and they can be overwhelming! In this episode Scotty and Rose break down some of the ways they do project planning.
If you enjoy Nested Folders, we’d love your support as a subscriber of Unnested Folders, where we produce monthly bonus supporter-only episodes to discuss and try to help solution listener questions and challenges. Thanks everyone!2019-07-1624 minNested FoldersIntroductionsHello, it's lovely to meet you! In this episode Rose and Scotty introduce themselves and tell you a little about the podcast they're going to be producing.
2019-07-0905 min