Category Life Hack

Productivity

Apple, Life Hack, Technology

Digital downsizing and learning to “watch” again

A new digital life experiment is underway. I've downsized my phone to the smallest phone Apple has made in the last five years, and now I'm wearing a smart watch. And the watch isn't made by Apple... Which will become a regular part of my digital strategy going forward?

Jeff Noble
February 10, 2020
4 Comments

Book Review, Faith, Life Hack, Parchment Reviews, Productivity, Reading, Sabbath, Spiritual Markers

Book Review: “The Rest of God” by Mark Buchanan

This book is intended to either restore or bequeath sabbath to you. It will show you that you are designed to enjoy the Sabbath and that God made a day of rest on purpose - for us. It's not a day to relished as a "day off." Rather, when you recover Sabbath in your life, you will find yourself re-learning how to enjoy and revel in Him.

Jeff Noble
December 29, 2019
2 Comments

Life Hack, Productivity, Technology

Your email is controlling you

Do you have any kind of strategy or guidelines for your email use? You need to rethink email. We all do. Here's some thoughts about strategy, timing and how to control your email without it controlling you.

Jeff Noble
May 30, 2019

Apple, Goin' to Town, Life Hack, Technology

Hello.. can you hear me now? (back to the iPhone)

A little over two months. About 1/6 of the year. That was the length of my DLAE (digital life adjustment experiment). You can read about it in the entries above. Synopsis: I boxed my iPhone 5 for two months and…

Jeff Noble
August 8, 2013
4 Comments

Apple, Featured, Goin' to Town, Life Hack, Technology

Advantages to a dumb phone and thoughts on going back to an iPhone

On May 29, 2013, I boxed up my iPhone 5 and put it in a drawer. It’s been almost two months since then. You can review some of the reasons why and my reflections on being a dumb-phone user in…

Jeff Noble
July 26, 2013
1 Comment

Apple, Goin' to Town, Life Hack, Technology

Going iPhone-less: more thoughts

It’s been more than three weeks since I put my iPhone 5 in its box in a drawer in our living room. Since that time, I’ve upgraded from my original dumb phone. I was using a Sony Ericcson w810i that…

Jeff Noble
June 22, 2013

Apple, Goin' to Town, Life Hack, Technology

Why I am not responding to your texts

I’ve been a Mac guy since 1988. My mom and dad graciously bought me the first iPhone the day of its release. Carolyn and Sam waited in a small line at the AT&T store in Monticello, Arkansas for mine. Since…

Jeff Noble
June 3, 2013
3 Comments

Apple, Goin' to Town, Life Hack, Technology

Why I’m moving from a smart phone to a dumb phone

Call it a digital life adjustment experiment (DLAE for short). I’ve been mulling over the implications of being constantly accessible, online, responsive and honestly, much of the time, digitally consumed. It’s been weeks of mulling. Today, I pulled the trigger.…

Jeff Noble
May 30, 2013
12 Comments

Faith, Life Hack, Spiritual Markers

Spiritual centering

Do you have a document that you’ve taken time to write that helps you remember who and whose you are? It’s what I call a “spiritual centering” paper. May I suggest you take the rest of this week to create…

Jeff Noble
February 19, 2009
2 Comments

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