So here is a tip.

Tags: Macintosh + picture + comments + tips

One of my bosses was furious that I didn't check my email every fifteen minutes.

Tags: Smartphones + connected + alerted + social media + in box + email + phones + instant messaging + ICU + iPod + desk + alerts

The classic flip phone handles something like 99.3% of what I need from a phone.

Tags: phones + watch pocket + Bluetooth + earpiece

It dawned on me that I can save time…

Tags: HTML + Disqus + Technopagagan Yearnings + Pagan Vigil

There are no notes in the alarm.

Tags: caregiver + iPod + Calendar

That's been hard for me to accept.

Tags: Apple + Apple TV + app + computers + RapidWeaver + Starbucks + Mythbusters + metropolitan + fast internet + Apple Store + iTunes Store + App Store + music + TV + movies + Apple Watch + iOS device + calculators + games + create content + Federal law + tracking device + monitoring bug + Tracfone + iPhone + iPod

I don’t want to upgrade my Mac OS.

Tags: macOS + mail + calendar + address book + journal + photos + documents + iCloud + Palm

One of my companions asked about my morning routine

Tags: grooming + neti pot

These comments are a bit dated, they come from Feburary of 2009

Tags: Tracfone + Palm + iPhone + Apple + Verizon + iMac

No, the hard part was finding pleasant and distinctive tones that she could hear when her iPhone is in her pocket.

Tags: ringtones

Years ago I started organizing with milk crates and indexing on my computer.

Tags: books + Readerware + Dymo + milk crates + covered storage boxes + tool fetish + tool box + plastic shoe box

The last month or so I’ve been wearing these cases in the small of my back.

Tags: County Comm + Tracfone + Leatherman + Maglite + space pen + Colorado Pen + flashlight + Maglite Solitaire

Tags: cables

Tags: paperwork + gadgets & gizmos

Then I repeat

Tags: Workflow + Apple + iPod + PDA

I was PDA when PDA wasn’t cool

Tags: Workflow + iPod + PDA + Levenger + Cross Pen + Post-It's + index cards + Palm + Hipster PDA

Today I learned about file permissions on a hosting server

Tags: Apple + MacHighway + file permissions

A few simple things makes a calendar exceptional

Tags: calendar + BusyCal + Evernote + templates + visual cue + receipts + calendar archives

Simplify your waste disposal

Tags: trash

Keep catalogs under control

Tags: Apple + catalogs + Harry & David + Sharpie + GaelSong

Making iOS work for you

Tags: Apple + location field + calendar + Greens Restaurant

The visual cue

Tags: Apple + calendar + visual cue + calendar archives

Calming rituals in my sanctum

Tags: previous + calming rituals + Dymo + bookplates + Rolodex + Address Book + catalogs + dead tree files

Elementary

Tags: previous + library + client + Dymo + bookplate + books + elements

Organizing my books

Tags: cross posted + Technopagagan Yearnings + Readerware + books + library + music + video + Dewey Decimal

Not all tools are electronic or even strictly a "tool." Sometimes nothing beats paper to jot things down, or more important, to share. 3x5 cards can work, but where is the style in that?

Tags: previous + Levenger + pocket briefcase + index card case + Cross Pen + business cards + pen + grid card

I've tried a lot of key holders over the years. The obvious solution is to keep them on your belt. Of all the types I have tried, three worked pretty well.

Of course there is the old standby, the leather strap thing over your belt with a hook for your keys. It does work pretty well, but the strap wears out after a year or so.

There is the retracting chain, also known as the "zirp-zirp." Get too many keys and it also wears out after a while and the chain won't retract.

Then there was a spring steel thing that worked OK until it got bent out of shape.

I had pretty much resigned myself to replacing the leather strap type every year or so, and then I found something different.

Tags: Seat Belt Key Holder 301 Stainless Steel + keys + tool belt + previous

I love tools. Part of it is their function, part of it is very definitely totem magick, and part of of it is meditation to keep the panic attacks at bay. Don't worry, I won't touch on those last two bits here. But the question inevitably comes up, how much is too much to carry with you? Too much drags your pants off and gives a swivel to your walk. Not enough and you don't have what you need.

After experimenting, I divided my traveling tools into groups. My main tool pouch stays in my computer case, close enough to be handy but not dragging down my belt. Unless I need it of course.

I do keep a small tool pouch of ballistic nylon on my belt with just a couple of tools.

Tags: previous + tool pouch + tool belt + Swiss+Tech + Micro-Plus™ 8-in-1 + Utili-Key® 6-in-1 + Micro-Tech™ 6-in-1