Entries by Mike

Letter of Recommendation Automation

Octobers are busy for me. Not only are there a ton of fall family adventures, but several annual school projects are active in the time of pumpkin-flavored beers as well. Additionally, I get inundated with requests from students for letters of recommendation. This post has resources to help you automate tedious (but important) tasks; so […]

Automating Tags in OmniFocus With Keyboard Maestro

I like automating because it is like a puzzle; it’s a fun thing for my brain to work on, and I get a rush of satisfaction when I get it to work. But I love automating because it helps me live up to the plans I made, even if I am feeling lazy. This automation […]

11 Habits You Should Definitely Steal From Ultra-Productive People

I have recently been going through my “read later” list. You know those articles you see on Twitter or Reddit and think, “Oh neat, I should read this… later” so you save it, but then never read? Same! Recently I have been auditing that list and reading the ones that still look interesting. This post […]

Writing for Remote Learning

As powerful and fun as video content can be, written communication is the most reliable, accessible, and editable format that you can use to communicate with your students. Take it from a person who grew up hating writing assignments because I was so bad at them, the written word is powerful and deserves your effort. […]

Using Drafts for Lesson Planning

As I said before, Drafts is a deceptively simple but absurdly powerful app. Because of this, it is a slow burn. Even as a daily user and advocate for Drafts I did not really unlock the true power of the app until this past summer.