Software and workflow I use as an Indie Development Business
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This document provides tips for keeping track of information overload on a daily basis. It recommends using tools like Evernote, Things.app, Basecamp, Freshbooks, and Google Sync to organize notes, tasks, projects, finances, and sync content across devices. It also stresses recording meetings for note taking and moving emails to task managers once read to avoid cluttering inboxes. The overall message is to leverage different apps to manage ideas, research, calendars, and more in a synchronized workflow.
Software and workflow I use as an Indie Development Business
- 1. Don’t Drown ! How I have kept my self from drowning in the flood of information to keep track of on a daily basis
- 2. Agenda • Tools of the trade • Idea tracking • Workflow • Meetings notes/etc • Sync everything
- 3. ninth Division real legit growing apple platforms development company in omaha, ne www.ninthdivision @ninthdivision
- 5. Warning i’m no expert on this.
- 6. Memory is deceptive because it’s colored by todays events - Einstein We have all forgot more than we can remember - Aldous Leonard Huxley
- 7. Problems • Synchronization • Events, Tasks, Calendar items • Websites, blogs, bookmarks • Ideas, Information, Research info • What did that guy said that time...
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- 15. Lots of other examples
- 16. Software
- 18. Evernote • Mac • iPhone • PC • Web • Notes, ideas, webpages, pdf
- 20. Things.app All tasks, short thoughts, todos, milestones, tasks
- 22. Idea Tracking
- 23. Basecamp Connect with your clients
- 24. Basecamp • All my client projects are always housed on Basecamp when contract is signed. • Every bit of communication happens there. • All assets are there
- 28. Google Voice • Keep all voice mail there and archived • My caller id log, never goes away • Mails me the voice mail / sms
- 29. My Inbox • Not about the mail client, but how you manage it. • When you read it, move it. • I put followup items in Things.app
- 30. Voice Memos • iPhone 3GS app to do voice recording • Great for quick items on the road • Great for meetings • ALWAYS RECORD MEETINGS!
- 31. Audience
- 32. ninth Division real legit growing apple platforms company in omaha, ne www.ninthdivision @ninthdivision Andy Peters @andypeters
Editor's Notes
- #2: I was sick when i was supposed to put together a great presentation, so sorry this is lacking. NO SCREENSHOTS, Videos, Demos, etc. Where did this talk come from?
- #4: Also growing in other Mobile platform development and web development... Looking for iPhone, Mac, Android, Palm Pre people to talk with during lunch!
- #5: I WAS going to chat about a few product launches. The process, design, code!! .... BUT, not because of bad organization, but because of priorities... I am not.
- #6: Lots of “PROFESSIONALS” and books on these topics. Books = conceptual Authors have no good background. - Why should I really listen to this guy?
- #7: The ONE thing i really learned from Corporate America was time Management. Had a talk about that said... Einstein never relies on short term memory.
- #8: These are the problems I ran into. When work started to pile up, I thought I was organized. On the job training I guess.
- #9: Sync with Google Calendar or manually to your iPhone, etc.
- #10: TODO’s aren’t synced well.
- #11: I am always booksmarking things. Having a million windows/tabs opened and thinking you’ll get to them is crazy. BOOKMARK it and come back to it.
- #13: Files are all over the place.
- #14: Files are all over the place.
- #15: You can’t search, sort itemize, etc Its like archiving pictures only on the File systems and not iPhone/Lightroom/etc
- #16: Audience thoughts?
- #17: Low budget for good tool set. Free to try / demo!
- #18: This is half the puzzle to get all short term memory out of my head. Honestly - just started using it last week.
- #19: All the junk i find online i put here. All the ideas, thoughts, webpages, notes. Barcamp notes - will go here. Review them later.
- #20: All the junk i find online i put here. All the ideas, thoughts, webpages, notes. Barcamp notes - will go here. Review them later.
- #21: There was a push for Web version of TODOs, I tried them and never really used them. The second part of the equation to get all short term thoughts out of my head.
- #22: Easily syncs back and forth. *** talk about each section and how I use it ****
- #23: Key to product ideas. All my ideas, thoughts, research items, and product thoughts Record on iPhone and available on my Mac. Vice Versa.
- #24: ** Discuss what is Basecamp** web app project management. This is the meca for keep Client projects organizated and on track. It helps me keep clients engaged and on tasks... as well as my self. Your clients want to know your organized.
- #25: (Sorry no screenshot) This way its documented when there is a dispute. Space, if you need more - get more.
- #26: this thing sells itself. Invoicing. Email and snail mail. Other expenses services such as send in your shoebox of receipts they will sort it for taxes. Time tracking of client and internal work. It’s important to know how long things take to build
- #27: If you have an iPhone and need Calendars/Contacts/etc sync’d - buy this!
- #29: Of course - you get one number to rule them all Invite only - for now.
- #30: Not perfect at this.
- #31: Lots of others apps, but just have a way to record things and then.... LISTEN TO THEM Voice memos puts things in iTunes, which i am in all day long.
- #32: What did I leave out... What are you folks using?
- #33: Looking for iPhone, Mac, Android, Palm Pre people to talk with during lunch!