Tools for working
Extracted from the public Notion original. Notion record created 2019-09-30. Last edited 2020-04-02.
I use the following tools to do my work:
Planning and organising
- OmniFocus - ToDo list with Projects and Tags / Contexts
- Notion - Notes and sharing
- Evernote
Creating diagrams
- OmniGraffle - "Complex" diagrams
- PixelMator - Simple image edits and styling
Creating words
- Scrivener - Long form writing
Reading
- Calibre - Additional eBook management for my Kindle
- GoodNotes
- Reeder
- Readwise
- Mendeley - Collections of academic papers
My notes and “second brain”
I have always maintained vast repositories of notes and reusable material that helps me think and that serves as intermediate work products that I can combine to create deliverables.
This approach is critical to be effective in the consulting profession. I recommend everybody do it.
I have recently discovered Tiago Forte’s concepts he calls “Building a Second Brain” and the concept of a “Zettelkasten”. I recommend you research these links.
I also recommend "How to Take Smart Notes".
My “second brain” tools are:
- Capture
- Omnifocus (MacOS)
- Drafts (iOS)
- Evernote (web clips)
- Cataloguing
- Evernote
- Progressive Summarisation
- Evernote
- Good Reader for PDF first pass
- Reusable “Cleanskins”
- Microsoft Office documents work best for this
- Stored in folders on my computer:
- Research areas
- Collections
- Cleanskins
- Etc
Things I use because I have to
- Microsoft Office
When using Microsoft Office the following references are helpful:
How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Word 2007 and Word 2010