Ph: 4355 4437
Kwik Kopy Printing Centre – Tuggerah
Well we have finally opened the doors on an expanded venture, and are now trading as Kwik Kopy Printing Centre – Tuggerah.
We are located at 2/19 Reliance Drive, Tuggerah Business Park.
Remember – Design Print Deliver
If you are short on time, please call us on 4355 4437.
A New Direction
We are expanding and taking a new direction. In addition to creating wonderful websites for small businesses on the Central Coast of NSW, we will also be providing a complete range of corporate design and print services, operating out of new premises in the Tuggerah Business Park.
We expect to open the office by the first of May 2010.
More details will be posted at a later date as the changes progress.
Omnifocus
As I use GTD (Getting Things Done – David Allen) philosophies more and more, I found that Things was not providing all I needed. Things is an excellent application, simple and easy to use, but I needed something more. To provide the extra, I now use Omnifocus. Once again it is available both on my iMac and my iPhone, and is synched using MobileMe, instead of synching when I am at home using WiFi. Tasks can be added via email, or entered directly from my iMac or iPhone. As my task lists and projects become larger, and more of them, I find the structure in Omnifocus easier to navigate.
Mac Learning Made Simple
For those who have a Apple Mac, and are new to Apple software, I would like to introduce Macsupportcasts.com
Macsupportcasts.com is designed and created around helping you get the most out of your Mac, with special attention paid to those who are new to Apple.
MacSupportcasts.com is owned and managed by long time Mac users, who use them everyday at home and in business. They love the Mac and have a passion for it.
They provide unlimited access to simple, straight forward and easy to follow movies (Casts) that walk you through the process of using each function and application covered. Each step will build your confidence and skill level.
The concept is to keep these movies (Casts) informal, like having a friend sitting next to you helping. It’s about the content and information, not flashy high production videos.
Each Membership comes with 24/7 access to the entire list of movies. Watch them as many times as you need and/or want. Download show notes (where needed). New Casts will be posted often as they build a library of information for you.
So what are you waiting for, Join Today and start doing new things on your Mac.
Getting Things Done
One of my things in life is managing productivity. A big part of this is time management. To assist with this I have become a big list maker, both at home and at work.
Up until recently, I have kept my to do lists manually, writing a new list at the start of each week. When I bought my iPhone, I discovered a new software app (application) called Things. I have it both on my iPhone and my iMac. It saves having to rewrite ongoing tasks each week.
Things is simple to use and it is synched between my iPhone and desktop using my local WiFi network, so I have an up-to-date list where ever I am.
Motivation
I was watching a video of Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation, and I thought the ideas he put forward, and the way he describes motivation of people in the workplace, very good.
Dan believes in most cases, motivation needs to be intrinsic, not extrinsic. His 3 basic elements of motivation are Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose.
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) and his “Hierarchy of human needs”, states that a person is motivated depending on which of their needs are currently met. Once a need is met, it no longer becomes a motivator.
Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs are:
- Physiological Needs
- Safety Needs
- Needs of love, affection and belonging
- Needs for esteem
- Needs for self actualisation
Dan Pink’s 3 elements fit into the top of Abraham Maslow’s triangle and describe a simple way of expressing the prime motivators for people in the workplace.
Dan’s 3 elements are:
- Purpose
- Mastery
- Autonomy
My experience has been that there are still far too many managers that base their management techniques on “folklore”, rather than science and understanding human behavior.