![]() I am nearing the end of a summer vacation that has included everything from cruising the coastline of Kauai with the top down, strolling through the city streets of San Jose with dear friends, to listening to incredible live music in the mountains of Telluride, Colorado. Sneaking exercise into my day doubled as a teaching tool. Meal planning for the week was time efficient and healthier. I also learned how to accomplish more in less time using tools like Bus圜al and OmniFocus. I will be saying no to some things this coming year. It took a toll on me but I learned a lot. I had a very successful year professionally. I am wishing my teacher friends (whether you have been back at school for days now, or are just starting) a wonderful new year! I mention this just to caution you to read it as if I was posting it a month ago. Holy blog-posts-I wish-I-had-posted-at-the-end-of-last-school-year-but-here-we-are-on-the-eve-of-my-new-school-year Batman! I guess its never too late to share some reflections on last school year as I look towards this one. And it cuts down tremendously on unneeded parent communication. Now there is no excuse for them to say they forgot what I assigned. This way, they can log in to see when their next lesson is, and also what I assigned them recently. My “Lessons” calendar is in Google Calendar, and I have published it to a password protected part of my website for private students only. Especially because I use the notes field to track what my private students are working on and I hate clicking so many times in the standard Calendar app to get this info to show up in those modular pop-over windows.Įach lesson, I type student’s assignment into the “notes” field of their block. This feature alone is worth the 50 dollars for me. And instead of a floating modal box, I can always see the contents of my events. Instead of double clicking events to see the notes and location I have assigned them, I click once. ![]() My favorite is a persistently open “Info” panel on the right side of the screen. It has weather integration, the ability to tag events with people, and more. It looks and feels like the macOS Calendar app in nearly every way with a ton of great power features on top. Tools that help me manage the many events in my day and the tasks I squeeze in the cracks. Today, I am reposting the “Tech Tools” section of the post where I detail two of my favorite time saving productivity apps for the Mac. I broke that down into cooking, exercise, and technology tools. In that post, I discuss a lot of the ways I manage my time. ![]() Of course, I do recommend you read a little bit of the original post for some context. So I have broken down its meatier portions into a few blog posts which I will be posting here in the coming days. This post was 3,000ish words which honestly feels too long to expect anyone to digest. Back on September 3rd I posted My annual resume… and the things I learned from it.
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