Productivity Cast
Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud
Productivity Cast
Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud
Thursday 11 February 2021 : In this week’s episode, we are going to introduce you to a productivity accountability technique called 25/55 (named for touching base...
Thursday 14 January 2021 : At the end of November 2019, David Allen, author and creator of Getting Things Done, held his latest (and presumably final) GTD Summit and...
Thursday 07 January 2021 : We received this comment below on the podcast (Episode 100), and so we're answering his question on dealing with distractions in open...
Thursday 31 December 2020 : What a year 2020 has been! This week, the ProductivityCast team reminisces on four of our eight favorite episode topics this year (and all...
Thursday 24 December 2020 : The Pomodoro Technique This week on ProductivityCast, we discuss the ever-popular personal productivity technique called the Pomodoro...
Thursday 17 December 2020 : Using Your Task Management Profile to Focus Changes Everyone is walking around with self-taught skills in task management. As such, skill...
Thursday 10 December 2020 : This week, we bring you our third Productivity App-apalooza! We’ll review three apps each that we know and use, and think you might find...
Thursday 03 December 2020 : This was a strange year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a bit of cheer...and by cheer, we mean holiday presents! So, we’re...
Tuesday 24 November 2020 : We've reached 100 episodes! And, in honor of that, we hosted a live show and discussed our favorite of the first 99 episodes. Thanks to...
Monday 23 November 2020 : On this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of all-in-one productivity tools, the likes of Outlook and its...
Saturday 21 November 2020 : On this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of Staying Productive with good cybersecurity practices. This is part...
Friday 20 November 2020 : On this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of Staying Productive with good cybersecurity practices. This is part...
Tuesday 17 November 2020 : The ProductivityCast team was having a conversation about our generational perspectives on technology and how they affect views about...
Thursday 12 November 2020 : In this week's show, we discuss how our mobile productivity usage was and has mobile productivity changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Friday 16 October 2020 : Mind maps are ancient theory, but they’re not ancient history! Since the concept of mind mapping was popularized by Dr. Tony Buzan’s...
Thursday 08 October 2020 : Today on ProductivityCast we discussed some of our favorite non-digital productivity gear. (If you’re reading this in a podcast...
Monday 05 October 2020 : Augusto recently had an epiphany about turning an older Microsoft Surface he had laying around, that wasn’t quite working (Augusto, you...
Thursday 24 September 2020 : What is the reason for having a career that you enjoy (or “love”)? And, what can you do action-wise to change the trajectory of your...
Monday 21 September 2020 : Welcome to Productivity App-apalooza, Second Edition! Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art use and experiment with hundreds of apps per year in our...
Thursday 10 September 2020 : The State of Project Collaboration Software in 2020: Slack, Teams, G Chat, and now P2 Automattic, the company that manages the open...
Thursday 03 September 2020 : Frequently we hear the term “amateur” bandied about as an insult. But, there’s a long and rich history to what amateur really means....
Thursday 20 August 2020 : Automating Your Office: Improving Your Workplace Productivity With Office Automation In this week’s ProductivityCast, we...
Thursday 13 August 2020 : In this week’s cast, we discuss how the Internet of Things affects personal productivity. All those smart devices (including your...
Thursday 06 August 2020 : Some of us of a certain age were introduced to digital technology with four basics of personal productivity at the fore—calendar, tasks,...
Thursday 30 July 2020 : Capturing, annotating and even doodling in lectures or meetings can be more digital than ever before. What are the options on the market?...
Productivity Cast
Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud
25/55 Productivity Accountability Technique
In this week’s episode, we are going to introduce you to a productivity accountability technique called 25/55 (named for touching base...
The Ultimate GTD App According to David Allen
At the end of November 2019, David Allen, author and creator of Getting Things Done, held his latest (and presumably final) GTD Summit and...
Dealing With Distractions in Open Offices
We received this comment below on the podcast (Episode 100), and so we're answering his question on dealing with distractions in open...
A Year in Review & Preview for Personal Productivity
What a year 2020 has been! This week, the ProductivityCast team reminisces on four of our eight favorite episode topics this year (and all...
The Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique This week on ProductivityCast, we discuss the ever-popular personal productivity technique called the Pomodoro...
Using Your Task Management Profile to Focus Changes
Using Your Task Management Profile to Focus Changes Everyone is walking around with self-taught skills in task management. As such, skill...
Productivity App-apalooza! #3
This week, we bring you our third Productivity App-apalooza! We’ll review three apps each that we know and use, and think you might find...
Holiday Gift Guide 2020
This was a strange year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a bit of cheer...and by cheer, we mean holiday presents! So, we’re...
ProductivityCast Live, 100th Episode
We've reached 100 episodes! And, in honor of that, we hosted a live show and discussed our favorite of the first 99 episodes. Thanks to...
All-in-One Productivity Systems—Good or Bad?
On this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of all-in-one productivity tools, the likes of Outlook and its...
Staying Productive with good cybersecurity – Part Two
On this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of Staying Productive with good cybersecurity practices. This is part...
Staying Productive with good cybersecurity – Part One
On this week’s ProductivityCast, we discuss the merits and demerits of Staying Productive with good cybersecurity practices. This is part...
Generational Perspectives on Technology
The ProductivityCast team was having a conversation about our generational perspectives on technology and how they affect views about...
How Has Your Mobile Productivity Changed in the Current Circumstance?
In this week's show, we discuss how our mobile productivity usage was and has mobile productivity changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and...
How Mind Mapping Fits Your Productivity System
Mind maps are ancient theory, but they’re not ancient history! Since the concept of mind mapping was popularized by Dr. Tony Buzan’s...
Non-Digital Productivity Gear
Today on ProductivityCast we discussed some of our favorite non-digital productivity gear. (If you’re reading this in a podcast...
Turn your Old Laptop into a Chromebook
Augusto recently had an epiphany about turning an older Microsoft Surface he had laying around, that wasn’t quite working (Augusto, you...
Should You Do What You Love as a Career?
What is the reason for having a career that you enjoy (or “love”)? And, what can you do action-wise to change the trajectory of your...
Productivity App-apalooza! Second Edition
Welcome to Productivity App-apalooza, Second Edition! Ray, Augusto, Francis and Art use and experiment with hundreds of apps per year in our...
The State of Project Collaboration Software in 2020
The State of Project Collaboration Software in 2020: Slack, Teams, G Chat, and now P2 Automattic, the company that manages the open...
Amateur, Professional and Their Differences
Frequently we hear the term “amateur” bandied about as an insult. But, there’s a long and rich history to what amateur really means....
Automating Your Office
Automating Your Office: Improving Your Workplace Productivity With Office Automation In this week’s ProductivityCast, we...
IoT Productivity: How Internet of Things (IoT) Affects Personal Productivity
In this week’s cast, we discuss how the Internet of Things affects personal productivity. All those smart devices (including your...
Back to the Future: From the Four Basics of Personal Productivity to the Current State of Productivity
Some of us of a certain age were introduced to digital technology with four basics of personal productivity at the fore—calendar, tasks,...
Smart Pen Productivity
Capturing, annotating and even doodling in lectures or meetings can be more digital than ever before. What are the options on the market?...
