Don’t Drown !
How I have kept my self from drowning in the flood of
information to keep track of on a daily basis

Agenda
• Tools of the trade
• Idea tracking
• Workflow
• Meetings notes/etc
• Sync everything

ninth Division
real legit growing apple platforms development
company in omaha, ne
www.ninthdivision
@ninthdivision

Warning
i’m no expert on this.

Memory is deceptive because it’s colored by
todays events
- Einstein
We have all forgot more than we can
remember
- Aldous Leonard Huxley

Problems
• Synchronization
• Events, Tasks, Calendar items
• Websites, blogs, bookmarks
• Ideas, Information, Research info
• What did that guy said that time...

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Lots of other examples

Software

Evernote
Remember Everything

Evernote
• Mac
• iPhone
• PC
• Web
• Notes, ideas, webpages, pdf

Things.app
All tasks, short thoughts, todos, milestones, tasks

Idea Tracking

Basecamp
Connect with your clients

Basecamp
• All my client projects are always housed on
Basecamp when contract is signed.
• Every bit of communication happens there.
• All assets are there

Freshbooks
http://www.freshbooks.com

MobileMe
http://www.apple.com/mobileme

Google Sync
http://www.google.com/sync

Google Voice
• Keep all voice mail there and archived
• My caller id log, never goes away
• Mails me the voice mail / sms

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

Voice Memos
• iPhone 3GS app to do voice recording
• Great for quick items on the road
• Great for meetings
• ALWAYS RECORD MEETINGS!

Audience

ninth Division
real legit growing apple platforms company in omaha, ne
www.ninthdivision
@ninthdivision
Andy Peters
@andypeters