#18 - Productivity Boot Camp (Part I): Notes and Tasks, with Dr. Frank Buck
Thanks to my sponsors this month, Flat for Education.
Dr. Frank Buck returns to the show for the kick-off of my mini-series, Productivity Boot Camp! Dr. Frank Buck is a productivity master with a background in band directing and administration. I share my knowledge of Apple products and native third-party apps, and he shares his experience with web-based, cross-platform apps. We bounce back and forth about good digital task and note management and share our favorite apps!
Show Notes:
- SSO stands for "Single Sign-On"
- Dr. Frank Buck's latest appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk (then called Robby Burns + Friends)
- METT #15 - Double the Burns, Double the Fun!... With Amy Burns
- METT #16 - Master Your Virtual Teaching Tech, with David MacDonald
- David Allen - Getting Things Done
- Steven Covey - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Charles Hobbs - Time Power
- Robby's Use of OmniFocus Project Templates, including concert planning
- OmniFocus Workflows with Robby Burns | LearnOmniFocus.com
- My blog post on Staying on Top of Teaching Responsibilities With Omnifocus Perspectives
- Remember the Milk
- Toodledoo
- OmniFocus
- Todoist
- Things
- Evernote
- If This Than That
- Drafts App - Where Text Starts
- DEVONthink
- Flute Resources for Home Practice | Dr. Frank Buck
- OneNote
- TaskClone
- Feedly
- Feedbin
- Reeder
- iOS Widgets
- New Software Updates from Apple: Exploring Widgets! | Music Ed Tech Talk
App of the Week:
Robby - Sticky Widgets
Frank Buck - Feedly
Album of the Week:
Robby - The Lost Art of Longing | BT
Frank Buck - Handel Flute Sonata V - Recording of Dr. Frank Buck Performing
Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Frank Buck - Twitter | Website
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