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Hello, I’m Michael Sliwinski, founder of Nozbe - to-do app for business owners and their teams. I write essays, books, work on projects and I podcast for you using #iPadOnly in #NoOffice as I believe that work is not a place you go to, it’s a thing you do. More…

⭐️ Featured

My best articles or most viewed, researched and impotrant pieces of writing. In late 2023 I started the practice of writing 1-2 such articles per month and feature them on my home page. Later retroactively I’m planning to tag with this my articles from past years.

📱 ⭐️ 5G - 5 reasons for getting a cellular iPad

Thursday, July 18, 2024 /cellular/

As an iPad fan, the person who uses iPad as the main computer and who loves working on an iPad and who just happily upgraded to the M4 iPad Pro, I get asked a lot about choosing the best configured iPad for people’s needs. Recently I’ve been asked whether it’s worth it to upgrade to the “cellular” model. My answer in most cases is YES and here’s why:

5G - 5 reasons for getting a cellular iPad


📱 ⭐️ A happy month with 13” M4 iPad Pro - thinness changes the device!

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 /ipadm4/

As a devout #iPadOnly user, I’ve posted my first and second impressions of the new iPads but now that I’ve lived with one for almost a month, I can offer a better verdict… and it’s very positive! The new 13” M4 iPad Pro is something else! Here’s why:

A happy month with 13” M4 iPad Pro - thinness changes the device!


🎥 🏝 🎬 ⭐️ Impromptu coffee meetings in a remote team? Two Michaels argue!

Monday, June 17, 2024 /coffee/

After “interrupting with meetings” it’s time for the second video of Two Michaels arguing. This time we discuss a common myth that when working remotely you cannot create spontaneous or impromptu conversations. Let me know what you think:


📱 ✔️ ⭐️ How can I be so productive on the iPad?

Thursday, May 30, 2024 /ipadp/

Despite my claims that the iPad Pro to me is the most versatile computer in the world, people still can’t believe I can get most of my work done on the iPad. I know the iPadOS is lacking when compared to the MacOS and it’s severely limited. Yet, I still prefer it and I get stuff done on the iPad with lots of joy, here’s why:

How can I be so productive on the iPad?


🍿 ⭐️ “I have spoken” and “this is the way” - The Mandalorian

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 /spoken/

I’m a huge fan of Star Wars franchise. Just look at my Yoda lego or R2D2. I’m also a movie buff and very often the quotes from the movies or series I watch stick and me or my family use them in our daily lives. So I decided to create a movie/film/tv quotes category on this blog where I’ll be posting some of my favorites and I’ll start with The Mandalorian and two meaningful quotes from there:

“I have spoken” and “this is the way” - The Mandalorian


🎥 🎬 ⭐️ 12 new shorts: health, donating blood, core values, lego and my several takes on meetings!

Thursday, May 16, 2024 /yt1/

I’ve been busy with my New YouTube Channel over the last month and since my 10 first videos and videos about Taiwan I’ve posted more short takes and a long video about meetings. Here are my recent 12 shorts (each is less than 1 minute, so check them out!):

12 new shorts: health, donating blood, core values, lego and my several takes on meetings!


📲 🕹️ ⭐️ Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?…

Monday, May 6, 2024 /case/

The trouble with iPhone 15 Pro or my previous 15 Mini any other iPhones for that matter is that I can’t use them case-less. I’ve tried and I’m just too stressed about the iPhone when it’s outside of the case. But… the cases add bulk and weight to the otherwise lighter and smaller titanium iPhone. So I started searching for a perfect case which would offer a basic protection and would be as slim and light as can be. Here’s what I’ve got:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?…


🔗 📲 ⭐️ Clipboard Manager using Shortcuts for iOS - perfect for iPhone 15 Pro Action Button

Thursday, May 2, 2024 /clipboard/

Ever since I got the iPhone 15 Pro I’ve been loving the new Action button and I keep inventing ideas how to use it even more. I’ve added many Shortcuts to it, like Journaling, Watch Notes, Dice and others… and recently I came up with a very cool idea - how to finally build my very own Clipboard manager using Shortcuts that takes advantage of the Action button, adds very useful features and the result is… glorious - and you can get it for free below:

Clipboard Manager using Shortcuts for iOS - perfect for iPhone 15 Pro Action Button


🎥 🎬 💌 ⭐️ 3 meetings per week or less?… - how two Michaels argue about managing people

Thursday, April 18, 2024 /meetings/

Finally decided to record a long-form video on my new YouTube channel featuring two Michaels arguing about meetings. Here’s the video and full script below. Do you also agree that meetings should be regular, optional and well prepared? just like we do at Nozbe?


🎥 ✈️ 🎬 ⭐️ Productivity videos from Taiwan

Monday, April 15, 2024 /taiwan/

I’ve just come back home from a trip to Taiwan 🇹🇼 where I’ve had lots of great experiences, met my co-worker Emilia and experienced a major earthquake. What’s really important is that I’ve learned a lot during this trip, especially that it was to such an efficient-running and well-organized place like Taiwan. Here are a few shorts I recorded and published my new @MichaelTeam YouTube Channel during this trip:

Productivity videos from Taiwan


🕹️ ⭐️ Drone is a way to get super footage - DJI Mini 3 Pro review

Friday, April 12, 2024 /drone/

🎥 🎬 ⭐️ Subscribe to my new “Michael Team” YouTube Channel for daily productivity tips and tricks - my first 10 videos!

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 /channel/

🏝 ⭐️ Forget 9-5 and embrace modern flexible workday for everyone, not just the bosses!

Monday, March 4, 2024 /workday/

😎 ✈️ 🕹️ ⭐️ My family car turns 7 today and there are 7 things I still find awesome about it

Tuesday, February 20, 2024 /q7/

✅ 💼 ✏️ ⭐️ Nozbe - app for SMART business owners and teams - turns 17!

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 /nozbe17/

🗓 ⭐️ 2023 review - just keep iterating!

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 /2023/

🕹️ ✈️ ⭐️ What’s in my backpack and tech pouch in 2024?

Monday, January 1, 2024 /backpack24/

💼 🎬 ⭐️ Jeff Bezos and Day 1 thinking and truth seeking

Thursday, December 21, 2023 /day1/

⌚️ 📲 🔗 ⭐️ Action button Siri Shortcut for your iPhone 15 Pro and Apple Watch Ultra

Tuesday, November 28, 2023 /action/

💻 ⭐️ History of my 10 laptops - from 2000 and Compaq, Fujitsu, Toshiba, ThinkPad through 2008 with Apple MacBooks until now!

Thursday, November 23, 2023 /laptop/

✅ ⭐️ Nozbe Core Values: Passion, Simplicity, Freedom and Fairness

Monday, November 13, 2023 /nozbe-values/

🖋 📱 🔗 ⭐️ Journaling Shortcut version 3 - simplified, improved and with Apple Notes support

Monday, October 16, 2023 /journal3/

📱 ⭐️ Why I must work on the iPad - the most versatile computer ever - M1 iPad Pro 13” review after 2 years

Thursday, September 14, 2023 /ipadv/

💼 ✅ ⭐️ How we work on features and deploy Nozbe app weekly… while eating dog food?

Monday, September 11, 2023 /dogfooding/

🖋 😎 🔗 ⭐️ Practice Gratitude every day to be happy, fulfilled and calm with this Siri Shortcut

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 /gratitude/

💼 ✅ ⭐️ Evernote - why I love(d) it, how it almost acquired Nozbe and what’s next for your “external brain”?

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 /evernote/

✅ ⭐️ Nozbe - a trusted productivity system for life

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 /forlife/

💼 ✅ ⭐️ Pay-less upgrade - how to make plan changes for your SaaS customers completely effortless

Monday, June 26, 2023 /payless/

💼 ✅ ⭐️ 5 principles for designing a pricing scheme for SaaS companies - how to charge per user with savings and fairness in mind

Monday, June 19, 2023 /pricing-how/

🕹️ ✈️ 🍎 ⭐️ AirTags on cars and people - how not to lose either of them!

Friday, June 16, 2023 /airtags/

💼 ✅ ⭐️ Why choose Nozbe? Who is Nozbe for? What really is Nozbe?

Monday, June 5, 2023 /nozbe-why/

🏠 📱 ⭐️ Home Office desk rearrangement - flipping monitor position, MacBook Air placement and iPad Pro setup

Thursday, May 4, 2023 /office23flip/

😎 ⭐️ More than a decade of Internet frienship - how I finally met Augusto Pinaud in person!

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 /augusto/

📲 ✔️ ⭐️ In 2023 my iPhone Mini has just ONE home screen

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 /iphonescreen23/

🗓 ⭐️ 2022 review - wind of change

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 /2022/

✅ 💼 ⭐️ 16 years of Nozbe

Wednesday, February 1, 2023 /nozbe16/

📱 🏠 💻 ⭐️ Why I need a Mac when I’m working mostly on my iPad?

Monday, January 16, 2023 /ipadmac/

✔️ 🔗 ⭐️ Ode to Markdown. Why I love ❤️ writing everything in plain text.

Thursday, April 28, 2022 /markdown/