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are we the addicts of the productivity porn?
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Posted by Luhmann
Apr 10, 2019 at 05:12 AM
The main point of productivity apps, for me, is peace of mind. If you have a system, and trust it, then you don’t have to waste extra brain power wondering if you forgot something. 2Do + Fantastical pretty much gives me that. The only problem is that 2Do doesn’t allow for collaboration, so I end up using Todoist and/or Trello as well. If I spend time time still looking at productivity apps is precisely because would like to have everything all in one place. So far I haven’t found that.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Apr 10, 2019 at 07:15 AM
Good luck with that, Jeffery!
Yes, it is a kind of porn. But what I get very excited about, above all, is the conceptual side - the clever ideas that appear in so many of these apps.
As far as self-management is concerned, I’m steadily ripping down to just 3 apps: DynaList, Apple Calendar, UnClutter (for fast note-taking), with Notebooks as the big data repository. Oh, and MacJournal as my journaling software. So that’s 5 apps…
oh well.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Apr 10, 2019 at 10:49 AM
Hello. My name is Steve. I am a CRIMPer.
My CRIMP stems from my early days as a computer user in the 1980s. It astounded me what I could do with my new Compaq computer. I would wander into my local Egghead Software store and browse the apps. I spent way more money than I should have, but the things those DOS apps could do. Help me keep a schedule, write some documents, create a database of the books I read. The potential blew me away.
I still recall installing Sidekick on my work PC (386 processor with a 100mb hard drive, I think). It actually made it possible to copy some text out of one application (they weren’t “apps” back then) and paste it into another. Holy cow! What a breakthrough. And then one day I found Grandview.
I think that sense of discover at what the computer could help me do still permeates my interest in exploring new applications, trying new processes to this day. I guess what I’m saying is that despite being ubiquitous, computer tools still tickle me with their potential. I just keep looking for the right combination of apps that completely fulfills that potential.
I love that sense of discovery when I try a new piece of software for the first time. It may not be the most effective route to productivity, but I’ll be sad the day the computer becomes only a productive tool, like a hammer.
Steve Z.
Posted by thouqht
Apr 10, 2019 at 01:31 PM
I’ve definitely struggled with this. But now I look at it more as a hobby, and as such, order it as a hobby. The trick is to have bigger goals and make sure you are pursuing them first and foremost. That forces you to use something “good enough” that might feel a little messy.
Without any higher level accountability though, it’s easy to backslide into masturbatory productivity spinning.
Posted by Beck
Apr 10, 2019 at 01:42 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I think that sense of discover at what the computer could help me do
>still permeates my interest in exploring new applications, trying new
>processes to this day. I guess what I’m saying is that despite being
>ubiquitous, computer tools still tickle me with their potential.
Well put, Steve. Same.