Productivity Alchemy

We recorded early this week, so there isn't much to catch up on, but that's OK! We have an amazing talk with the author, blogger, and man-about-the-internet John Scalzi to make up for it! Enjoy!

• Charity Spotlight: Feeding America
• Charity Spotlight: Book Riot List of Literary Charities
• John Scalzi's Blog
• John Scalzi's Twitter
• The Kaiju Preservation Society Pre-Order
• ReMarkable 2

This week we'll discuss Kevin's attendance at All Things Open 2021, being grateful to our listeners, and where we both are on our respective projects. We follow that with a great talk with long time listener Bob Stanke!

• Charity Spotlight: American Cancer Society
• The 12 Week Year
• Paladin's Strength on Amazon
• All Things Open
• Microsoft Todo
• Microsoft Power Platform
• Power Automate Desktop
• Alfred
• gmailctl
• IFTTT
• Zapier
• Notion
• DevonThink
• David Allen's Getting Things Done
• Cal Newport
• Quantified Self
• Chris Dansey
• Stephen Wolfram
• Google Stadia
• Cheeky Chooks
• Egg Inc
• Strat-O-Matic
• Out of the Park Basaeball
• Blaseball
• Habitica
• LifeRPG
• Physical on AppleTV

This week we talk about the completion and release of the big project Kevin has been working on for the last several weeks. We also talk about how a single appointment takes up an entire day in Ursula's mind, compared to how it appears to Kevin. We also talk about the loneliest whale, the Bloop, and then we read your letters!

• Charity Spotlight: Bread for the City
• Charity Spotlight: Tech by Choice
• New to Elastic Cloud on AWS: Optimized hardware profiles for improved performance
• Small Changes by Alicia Witt
• The Bloop
• Clockwise
• EA Podcasts Interview with Ursula Vernon
• The 52-hertz Whale

This week, we start with a discussion of Ursula's most current editing cycle. We follow that with how it feels when you know you are making a visible impact with a project. And then we have an amazing talk with Richard Schnitzel about how he stays productive!

• Charity Spotlight: American Lung Association
• Richard Schnitzel
• Richard on LinkedIn
• Zapier
• ClickUp
• Paladin's Hope Amazon (Pre-Order)

CW: Death, Corpses, Funerals, Grief, COVID-19

This week we talk about dealing with the death of a loved one with returning guest Heather Lowe. Before that we'll discuss Ursula's new exercise routine, finishing a big project, and Ursula's new book pre-order.

• Charity Spotlight: Planned Parenthood
• Heather Lowe Art
• Episode 136 - Heather Lowe's Original Interview
• Ploughman's Wort
• Paladin's Heart Pre-Order on Amazon
• The Saint of Steel Series
• Neptune Society
• MortuaryReport on Twitter
• Carbonite
• Time Machine
• Living Trust (Charles Schwab)

Hi folks! This week we'll talk about cats, their hierarchy, and reminisce about Benjamin T. Cat. We also talk about what influenced us to get into our field, thanking our influences, progress on our projects, and a few other things. We follow that with an amazing conversation with Tom Kaeding, and find out how he stays productive!

• Charity Spotlight: Send Chinatown Love
• Wunderkind.co
• Sunlight Alarm Clock (Amazon)
• Kevin's Weighted Blanket
• Maker's Schedule vs Manager Schedule - Paul Graham
• Indian Larry
• WhatsApp
• Himbo Chef on Twitter

This week, we discuss where Ursula (the wombat co-host) has been for the last week and a half, dealing with her new purchase, and how she was able to delegate some things that were just too much for her. Oh, and she got to talk to BROM. After that we have a great conversation with Jana Axline about how she stays productive - and helps others stay productive!

• Charity Spotlight: Sleep in Heavenly Peace
• Jana Axline
• Jana Axline on LinkedIn
• Project Genetics
• Scaled Agile
• SCRUM
• Jim Collins Books (Good to Great)
• ReMarkable 2
• Tul Pens
• GoodNotes
• gmailctl
• Top Gun
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Tom Bilyeu

Ursula is out of town, and it is letters show time! And as part of that, we have a Shepherd Guest Co-Host for the week! We'll briefly discuss how Shep does what needs doing, and then we'll read and discuss your letters. PLUS BONUS CHICKEN MEMES IN THE SHOW NOTES!!

• Charity Spotlight: Louisiana Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Cash Donations
• Charity Spotlight: Louisiana Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Material Donations
• Charity Spotlight: Cooperation Jackson
• Charity Spotlight: Lilith Fund
• Charity Spotlight: Lilith Fund Texas Hype Squad
• Shepherd on Patreon
• Shepherd's Twitter
• Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD

This week we talk about how we managed to stay productive this week. We also talk about Kevin's first concert since January 2020 (band links are in the show notes), how venues are handling things, and the miracle of mRNA vaccines. After all that, we have an amazing talk with Anju Kanumalla about how she stays productive!

• Charity Spotlight: Philly Paws
• Anju Kanumalla on Twitter
• Anju on Instagram
• Principia Prepostera
• Notion
• Lastpass
• Todoist
• Trello
• Evernote
• 1Password
• Habitica
• The Hidden Almanac
• BlueJeans
• VLC
• Pilot Kakuno
• TWSBI ECO
• Robert Oster Deep Purple Ink
• Levenger Inks
• Numbering System for Sailor Inks Explained
• Kevin's Dream Pen: Pilot-Namiki Chinkin Royal Rooster
• Thirty Thieves Solitaire
• Forty Thieves Solitaire
• Full Deck Solitaire (GRL Games)
• Infected Rain
• Butcher Babies
• Stitched Up Heart
• How the inventor of mRNA vaccines celebrate her success?

This week we will talk about two longer-form listener requests. First, we'll talk about setting up a pen name, and how easy it actually is. Second we talk about coping with a partner who has ADHD and some strategies to help yourself. After that we have a wonderful chat with Cindy, and about how she stays productive!

• Charity Spotlight: Armed Services YMCA
• Charity Spotlight: Fisher House
• Charity Spotlight: Feeding America
• Charity Spotlight: Lindsay Wildlife Center
• Charity Spotlight: Ojai Raptor Center
• Cindy on Twitter
• Canvas
• Google Classroom
• JIRA
• 4-H
• Scrumban
• Assembla
• Monday.com
• Zenhub
• RefWorks
• Zotero
• LinkedIn Learning
• Roll20
• FoundryVTT
• SKILCRAFT Government Pens
• Uni-Ball Signo Pens
• Pilot Precise V7
• Reisenthel Baskets
• Cultish
• GDPR
• Yellow Immunization Book
• Asana
• Hood Nature