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Omnifocus 3 for iOS

May 30, 2018 by Jide Ajayi • Issues, Productivity, Thoughts • Tags: apps, omnifocus 3, productivity •

Today the Omnifocus 3 app by the Omnigroup was released for download and purchase on the iOS app store.
Just released is the new version of the gold-standard for to-do applications.
When loaded with the required data, and projects, contexts and timing established, this app can quickly become your second brain.
The one prominent new feature in OmniFocus 3 is Tags. Tags used to be called context, and many people saw their use in the manner described by David Allen in the best-selling “Getting Things Done” book. Now they have been giving new super-powers and are way more capable than contexts in OmniFocus 2 was. Now you can have multiple tags assigned to one task, after all, we can choose to do something when two conditions agree, for example, Being at Home and being at the Computer. Tasks that need you to be at those two places can then be processed when the two places agree.
With the extra thought, huge variations can be conceived to maximize its power in your particular use case.
I use it to manage everything, and if the task is not done, it is because I ignored OmniFocus. When I pay attention to it, it is like I have more than 24 hours a day.
There is a free two week trial for a test run to see if it works for you.

Logos March Madness Continues…

March 13, 2016 by Jide Ajayi • Life, Thoughts • Tags: apps, logos bible software, logos march madness, Theology •

The Logos March madness is a competion by Faithlife Corporation where they give their customers the opportunity to get resources by favorite author or authors at discounted prices. The authors are pitted against each other in different categories and the customers vote for their favorite, the author that wins goes to the next stage while the loser drops off with some good discount to the customers. The competion for this year is in the second round already. Check it out and you might get some good resources at a good price.

(G)Mail Management – Mailbox

February 26, 2013 by Jide Ajayi • Life • Tags: apps, iPhone, mail management, mailbox •

I’m sure by now you must have heard and read about the Mailbox app.
It is a new server supported app that allows you to take care of the mail in your inbox.
When you go to the website you are asked to put in your phone number (they accept phone numbers from around the world not just the US which to me is a very strong point) and as soon as you submit it, you get an SMS saying your Mailbox is confirmed. If you go ahead to download the iPhone app, it will ask you to put in the private code sent to you. Once you do that the app will tell you where you are on the waiting list. All you have to do from then is just wait until your opportunity comes.

Currently the app supports just the Gmail so once you are allowed to use the service, you get to experience email management as defined by mailbox.
What I love about Mailbox is the ease with which it allows you to manage your email. Once I put in my gmail credential, Mailbox showed me how it works in terms how manage my mail. Swipe to the right to archive, long swipe to the right to delete. Swipe to the left to read it later or long left to add it to a list. Also, the various functions are color coded so that as you swipe you can see and know what you are doing.
After that I was asked if I wanted to send all the mails in my inbox to the archive I told it to go ahead. After a short time I had zero mails in my inbox.
For the mails that came in after that it was just a case of swiping to the left or to the right and I was managing my inbox.

I tried to use the Gmail app to manage my mail and found out that it involved more steps doing the same thing you did with just a swipe.
I just love the way Mailbox work and it is now my preferred way to handle mail in my Gmail account.
One more thing, the app allows you to manage more than one gmail account at a time.
If you have not registered and you have an iPhone please make use of the opportunity.