This is a great review of Podio where a product design firm shares how they replaced 3 software products with Podio. They were using Asana, Highrise and Basecamp. I am all in favor of a single system. We teach people to have one system so they can trust it. By having multiple systems data is fractionated and attention is scattered. Have you ever thought, "Where is that data again?"? We prefer to be focused and clear. 

I found it intersesting that Designers and Developers were more...

I love being productive and I hate roadblocks in workflows. Maybe that’s why when I work with companies I strategically hunt down those roadblocks and blow them to smithereens.  I like to see all green lights on my roads.

Let me give you an example. This isn’t a company I have worked with but just a blog post I read this morning that made me want to blow stuff up.

This doctor was talking about how he attends a lot of meetings, takes notes and then makes action items. He was sharing with...

Sometimes there is pain in change and growth but you need to go through it to reach beyond where you are now. As most of you know we have been the world leading implementors of Daylite for the past 11 years. On Monday April 15th, we ended that partnership with Marketcircle by mutual agreement. It's been a hard decision to make after championing Daylite for so long.

Funny, it was actually a Tweet that AJ saw about a conversation on Postbox that instigated the whole thing. Funny how things...

I recently read an article on Waking Up The Workplace "6 Typical Problems with Meetings and What To Do About Them (Part 1) and (Part 2)".

Based on Part 1, I adjusted the app we use for meetings in Podio to have a preparation field and a desired outcome field.

I didn't have to do anything for part 2 because Podio fixes a lot of that. 

How does Podio do that? Well it is shared with all of the attendees (both internal & external) so we can continue the discussion there, have the files...

Many people are wondering exactly what the online work platform Podio is. Is it a CRM? Is it Project Mangement? Is it an Enterprise Social Network? The answer is it is all of those things and more, it truly is what you make it. ResidualReach has just launched it's first lesson on Podio in their online learning environment for small and medium businesses.

In 2010 world leading Daylite implementor, Marni Melrose launched The MacAngel Academy to help small businesses to learn Daylite. That has...

Marketcircle has just updated the implementations again and we are pleased to announce that we are the world leading implementors of Daylite again! 

When:

The review writing competition runs today through September 9th, 2012

Who:

Open to anyone who has purchased one of our iBooks.

How:

Leave a kick butt review in iTunes AND then cut and paste the review to our Facebook page.

BUT only if you mean it. We don't want any insincerity here;-)

When:

On September 10th, we will read all of the wonderful reviews and the one we like best, will be announced as the winner on our Facebook Page.

So make sure to like us there.

What:

I wrote this article for an issue of iBusiness, but I thought I would share it here and also ask for some interaction so we can get into a dialogue.

Shoeboxed just verified that we shop local, how nice. We use Shoeboxed to send our receipts in to Outright.com. Outright is an online accounting program for sole proprietors or LLCs that are acting as a disregarded entitiy, basically people who file a schedule C. It helps you stay on top of your taxes. This system working together has made my life so much easier. Check out thow they work together here.

There have only been two men in my life that I would consider great men of business and those were my Grandfather, Earl  Wilder and Steve Jobs. I remember the first day I met Steve, it was in that dreaded scenario that everyone talks about, in the elevator at Apple headquarters in Cupertino. I was there for my Genius training in 2001.

Steve was know for his extreme focus that could at times come off as being harsh. But being a business owner myself, I know that focus. You are there in your...

All I can say is, "Wow". After 4 short months of life the MacAngel Academy now has students in 7 countries; Australia, Colombia, Italy, Norway, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, United Kingdom and in the United States we have students in 23 states. I consider that quite a feat! 

We're starting to see some good content develop and students are starting to share their comments and reviews. This really encourages us and drives us to bring you more great content. 

I just wanted to take a moment...

This is a great video of John Mackey of Whole Foods on what industries he sees as taking up conscious capitalism first. He mentions technology and also the services industry and here we are. MacAngel is placed squarely in front of this movement. I am passionate about teaching companies how to embrace conscious capitalism from the inside out. 

 "People think that we’re just being altruistic. No. If all you wanted to do was to make as much money as possible, as rapidly as possible, I would...

I've been attending the "Waking Up the Workplace" webinar series over the past few weeks. It has confirmed what I know to be true. If you allow a space for your staff to be fully who they are, they will be more dynamic, whole, and healthy. Oddly enough companies that allow their employees to be authentic dramatically outperform their competitors. *Source:  Firms of Endearment: The Pursuit of Purpose and Profit by Wolfe,  Sisodia & Sheth, 2007

Globally the world is becoming a...

As we publish a preview of a lesson or a trailer of a training video, it will be available on YouTube also.  

Author, Tony Schwartz, who wrote, “The Way We Are Working Isn’t Working” said it best in a webinar I attended last week, “Technology is ahead of our ability to manage it.” Herbert Simon said  “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” I could not agree with them more. There are so many things that fractionate our attention these days: instant messages, social media, SMS messages, and email. We are living in a world of urgency and it is stressing us out and overloading us....

WHERE:

1248 Third Street Promenade

Santa Monica, CA 90401

WHEN: 7PM-8PM

SUBJECT: I will be speaking about Daylite's role in business management. We will also be demonstrating Box.net cloud integration with Daylite.

WHERE 
2500 Hollywood Way
Burbank, California, 91505
1-818-843-6000

WHEN: 11am March 30th 2011

SUBJECT: I will be speaking about Daylite's role in business management. We will also be demonstrating Box.net cloud integration with Daylite. 

This is a perfect example of why using Daylite is preferable to being fully in the cloud. Last week Engadget reported that over 500,000 Gmail users lost access to their inboxes. Some of the users said that they had lost years of messages as well as chat logs after they were finally able to log in.

As a business owner, that is terrifying for me. But I can imagine for my client's who are law offices that it would be even more of a train wreck if they had important documentation in there. So...

In Issue#2 of iBusiness magazine I talk about how Daylite can help your business grow. Here is a link to a free preview of the article.

In that article we talk about making sure your data is in the right place in Daylite so that you can pull it out where and when you need it. 

I shared how to make a quick business procedures manual in Daylite. So that your staff can look up business procedures without leaving Daylite. Every time someone leaves the database, it costs productivity...

Carlsbad, California - MacAngel LLC launches the MacAngel Academy. The MacAngel Academy is a self-guided learning environment for small businesses that use Apple computers and devices. Lessons are not only on Marketcircle's products Daylite, Billings & Billings Pro, but also productivity, small business infrastructure, time management and conscious business building. David Allen of GTD fame states that you should have 1 trusted place for everything, MacAngel says that trusted place should...