As I await a new MacBook Pro to compliment my Mac Studio, I have never been more certain of the first application that I am going to install on a computer.

Raycast is the March App of the Month!

I’ve made a smattering of posts this week about Raycast, its definitive features and how it has saved me a ton of time while working on my mac.

Aliases, AI integration, AI extensions that I haven’t even figured out how to use yet, but I know how powerful they are, hotkeys, shortcuts, clipboard history and maybe the most used of all, the calculator.

These features continue to make Raycast a must have application for me and just like how it took me a long time to move from just using it as a spotlight replacement, I’m sure that a year from now I will have found new and exciting ways to use Raycast in my workflow.

The beauty of Raycast is that you can adopt it gradually. Start by using it as a simple Spotlight replacement for launching apps, then slowly incorporate more advanced features as you become comfortable.

The free version offers plenty of functionality for most users, while the Pro version adds AI integration and settings sync across devices. You can check out Raycast with my affiliate link here.

What productivity tools have changed your Mac workflow recently? If you want my full Raycast setup you can check out the video on my YouTube channel.

Defined by Cal Newport as “The use of visible activity as the primary means of approximating actual productive effort”

I spent last weekend working on a Notion database. Three days and many hours later it still does not do exactly what I set out to make it do and I feel like the king of pseudo productivity!

This whole week I’ve spent more time optimizing my systems, messing with my desk setup and doing anything but actually creating.

We are 20% through the year. Lately I have been feeling a little absent in the YouTube channel. I have a few ideas working at a time and it has been a slog to keep up as we exit the darkness of winter into fake spring.

This happens to everyone who is creative, and especially for me during this time of the year, just about every year for the last two years. I really drain myself in winter, since I’m largely stuck inside and it is easy to sit down at my desk and make videos.

As the weather warms up I get excited to get back outside running, mountain biking and skateboarding. The YouTube and Podcast schedule continues but the extra boost from the sunshine and fresh air does tend to slow things down a bit.

Lately I have been asking myself how I could slow down to speed up? If I took just a little bit more time on pre-planning or fleshing out the idea just a bit more, but then you walk a fine line of never actually doing anything. Generally I take a “good enough” approach, but how do I know that good enough is still getting better?