Eventfulness

First off, I'd like to thank everyone who turned up or messaged me during my book event at Chapters Victoria last week. It was really cool to be in a massive brick and mortar bookstore with several copies of The Front Nine to sign for those wanting to pick it up.

Secondly, thanks to all who have bought The Productivityist Workbook so far. I'm closing in on 800 sold in a little over two weeks of pre-sales/sales(!) -- and I'm floored with the response I've been getting. Cody Keisler is putting the finishing touches on the Amazon and iBooks version. I'll let you know when those versions launch. (Anyone who buys the eWorkbook in its PDF format prior to these other versions being ready will automatically receive them for free when they go live.)

Finally, I've got events lined up every week between now and mid-July, so the writing here will be no more than twice per week during that timeframe. I've got several ProTECHtivity workshops with Steve Dotto (and friends) that I'll be part of, and I'm speaking at Northern Voice in Vancouver and the all-new VoxPopCon event in Hamilton, Ontario to wrap up my six weeks of busy-ness. You can check out all of my event appearances on the Events page -- and sign up for several of them through the links provided for each.

One more thing: Happy Victoria Day to my fellow Canucks -- I hope you enjoyed your long weekend. Now go forward and have a productive week!

The Appeal of App.net

Noise can get in the way of productivity. Social networks are becoming noisier and noisier, and many of them are less useful as a result. But there’s one out there I’ve been using since it launched that remains a source of more serenity – and more utility as of late.

That social network is App.net.

It’s the newest kid on the block, but it’s newness is one of its most appeaking aspects. It reminds me a lot of early Twittter; you can engage and find things easier. I’m able to have clearer conversations on App.net than most other social networks (I’d say Google+ is the exception to this), and the interface is clean and simple.

The thing about App.net that also appeals to me is that it’s a paid social network. Why does that appeal to me? Because it keeps only those who are interested in using it there (at least for now). But better still, it means the user has a greater degree of control than on a free social network. The App.net team is committed to its users rather than to advertisers; that’s an important distinction since other platforms are leaning towards mediums for marketing rather than for conversation.

I can pop into App.net and have conversations, ask questions, get advice, share things, and not get sucked in nearly as deep. I’m in and I’m out – which is great for my productivity.

The team at App.net have given me 100 invites that will give those who want to give teh service a go a chance to do so. This invite is for the free tier only, and once the number of invites are gone then they are gone (I won’t be tracking it, so if you’re number 101, you’ll know courtesy of App.net and not yours truly). You can grab an invite here.

I hope you’ll join me on App.net. I think you’ll like it.

Ready for Launch: The Productivityist Workbook

I’ve written a lot about The Productivityist Workbook during the pre-ordering period, and today is the day that it arrives.

For only $5 you get a PDF packed with tips, tactics, and tools you can uses to better your personal productivity. There’s also several exercises within its pages, and I’ve actually included them as separate worksheets when you buy the book to make it easier for you to print them out (thanks to my pal Brett Kelly -- author of the quintessential guide to Evernote, *[Evernote Essentials][1]*, for that feedback).

I’m not going to say anymore here about this e-workbook. Instead, I’ll have this video trailer I had made do the talking.

You can buy The Productivityist Workbook here.