003 Second Screen Productivity – ProductivityCast

Ray and Augusto recently both obtained new mobile tablets. We talk about how we've implemented them in our work and personal lives, and why mobile tablets are becoming a powerful primary computing device. Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to discuss this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Show Notes Resources we mention, including links to them will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. Evernote #iPadOnly by Augusto Pinaud and Michael Sliwinski Split Views on iOS Split Screen on Android Feedly Google News and Weather OverDrive Amazon Kindle Stitcher DuoLingo Coursera Udemy Google Play Music IFTTT (If This Then That) Chrome Remote Desktop (including iOS) TeamViewer Adobe Premiere Audacity Raw Text Transcript 0:00:00.000,0:00:04.110 are you ready to manage your work and 0:00:02.159,0:00:06.000 personal world better to live a more 0:00:04.110,0:00:07.109 fulfilling productive life then you've 0:00:06.000,0:00:09.809 come to the right place 0:00:07.109,0:00:12.540 welcome to productivity cast the weekly 0:00:09.809,0:00:15.000 show about all things productivity here 0:00:12.540,0:00:18.060 are your hosts Ray Sidney-Smith and 0:00:15.000,0:00:20.400 Augusto Pinaud our show today is going to 0:00:18.060,0:00:22.680 be about second-screen productivity and 0:00:20.400,0:00:24.570 not really its corollary of the concept 0:00:22.680,0:00:26.130 of second-screen where you use a mobile 0:00:24.570,0:00:28.230 device while you're watching a 0:00:26.130,0:00:30.779 television and you're accessing 0:00:28.230,0:00:33.480 potentially supplemental content and and 0:00:30.779,0:00:35.700 other information or interacting with 0:00:33.480,0:00:37.860 social media while you are watching 0:00:35.700,0:00:39.930 television we're really gonna be talking 0:00:37.860,0:00:42.570 about Hardware the fact of the matter is 0:00:39.930,0:00:46.440 is that gusto and I both recently got 0:00:42.570,0:00:49.280 new tablets and while gusto is the 0:00:46.440,0:00:52.620 tablet ninja I mean he's really the 0:00:49.280,0:00:55.370 expert here in terms of using his iPad 0:00:52.620,0:00:57.870 only he wrote a book on the topic I am 0:00:55.370,0:01:00.120 just getting really comfortable with 0:00:57.870,0:01:04.530 using a tablet for more than just 0:01:00.120,0:01:06.900 watching Netflix so um so we're gonna 0:01:04.530,0:01:09.060 talk about what we've been doing and how 0:01:06.900,0:01:11.729 much more productive we have been as it 0:01:09.060,0:01:13.830 relates to tablet productivity or even 0:01:11.729,0:01:16.770 using your your phone as the second 0:01:13.830,0:01:19.799 device and sort of the experience we've 0:01:16.770,0:01:23.119 been we've been having you are using the 0:01:19.799,0:01:25.439 iPad as a primary computing device and 0:01:23.119,0:01:29.040 have been comfortable with that for many 0:01:25.439,0:01:33.030 years and in contrast I have been using 0:01:29.040,0:01:36.420 both iOS as well as the Google Android 0:01:33.030,0:01:39.960 OS for many years concurrently but not 0:01:36.420,0:01:43.229 really for high level activities and 0:01:39.960,0:01:46.110 only recently did I get a Samsung Galaxy 0:01:43.229,0:01:47.820 and the 8 inch variety so that it was 0:01:46.110,0:01:50.520 large enough for me to be able to read 0:01:47.820,0:01:53.240 on the screen I had the Nexus 7 prior to 0:01:50.520,0:01:56.430 that which is the Google tablet and I 0:01:53.240,0:01:59.820 really loved it it's then it's light 0:01:56.430,0:02:03.000 it's powerful and so the Samsung Galaxy 0:01:59.820,0:02:05.430 Tab that I have also has a sim card in 0:02:03.000,0:02:08.099 it so this one has data so that wherever 0:02:05.430,0:02:10.530 I am I can access you know just basic 0:02:08.099,0:02:12.030 email and and web browsing and that kind 0:02:10.530,0:02:13.540 of thing when I'm on the road so that's 0:02:12.030,0:02:15.520 been really really helpful 0:02:13.540,0:02:17.590 and it has the case that I got has a 0:02:15.520,0:02:20.560 stylist you know that plugs into it and 0:02:17.590,0:02:22.420 at a magnetic screen case and it's just 0:02:20.560,0:02:25.989 really great I have to I have to admit 0:02:22.420,0:02:29.110 it it does do much more today for me now 0:02:25.989,0:02:32.530 that I'm able to take notes say in 0:02:29.110,0:02:34.780 Evernote on the larger screen and also 0:02:32.530,0:02:36.370 you know just sort of getting around I 0:02:34.780,0:02:38.590 can see more email at once so I can 0:02:36.370,0:02:40.060 process multiple emails you know that 0:02:38.590,0:02:42.459 just need to be deleted I don't have to 0:02:40.060,0:02:44.739 scroll through page after page after 0:02:42.459,0:02:48.670 page of email I can quickly go through 0:02:44.739,0:02:50.769 full pages just as I would on my laptop 0:02:48.670,0:02:53.560 screen I can do that here on the tablet 0:02:50.769,0:02:55.780 as well and so you you don't process 0:02:53.560,0:02:57.610 email on your phone but you processed it 0:02:55.780,0:03:00.250 on the tablet and it's a very similar 0:02:57.610,0:03:02.110 interface since you're using and I 0:03:00.250,0:03:03.819 really like this idea here I think that 0:03:02.110,0:03:06.370 this is something not to be lost on 0:03:03.819,0:03:09.190 people that is because you're using iOS 0:03:06.370,0:03:12.100 across all of your devices you are in 0:03:09.190,0:03:13.870 essence creating the compound benefits 0:03:12.100,0:03:18.400 based on the fact that you're going to 0:03:13.870,0:03:20.380 know more and better of how iOS works 0:03:18.400,0:03:22.840 how your computing operating system 0:03:20.380,0:03:25.000 works because you are not having to 0:03:22.840,0:03:26.440 switch gears every time you look at a 0:03:25.000,0:03:26.650 different screen cuz they're all the 0:03:26.440,0:03:28.660 same 0:03:26.650,0:03:33.780 am i correct there you are correct there 0:03:28.660,0:03:38.829 even that I treat them as DIF 3 screen 0:03:33.780,0:03:42.910 as you are you correctly said I have I 0:03:38.829,0:03:50.170 don't check on anything on on the iPhone 0:03:42.910,0:03:53.500 and the reason I do that what I discover 0:03:50.170,0:03:56.290 with email is I was reading email 0:03:53.500,0:03:58.840 multiple times so I was with my phone 0:03:56.290,0:04:01.180 getting distracted because it vibrate or 0:03:58.840,0:04:03.790 let me know or give me a some kind of 0:04:01.180,0:04:07.000 indication or alert that I just received 0:04:03.790,0:04:08.560 an email look at on my phone and then go 0:04:07.000,0:04:10.810 somewhere else were then when I need 0:04:08.560,0:04:13.630 back went back to really processing 0:04:10.810,0:04:16.989 email then I prefer the bigger screen I 0:04:13.630,0:04:19.120 prefer the iPad and then I went and then 0:04:16.989,0:04:21.970 read that email again without any doubt 0:04:19.120,0:04:26.050 reading emails multiple time it is 0:04:21.970,0:04:27.340 highly inefficient ok so that's the 0:04:26.050,0:04:31.150 reason I came with a 0:04:27.340,0:04:33.780 that I don't read email on my phone and 0:04:31.150,0:04:36.490 actually I don't even have email 0:04:33.780,0:04:39.910 configured because the problem for must 0:04:36.490,0:04:42.160 be is if you cannot process email 0:04:39.910,0:04:44.530 efficiently on your phone and there is 0:04:42.160,0:04:45.669 people who can then you should not check 0:04:44.530,0:04:48.910 email on your phone 0:04:45.669,0:04:51.790 period if you have the systems and the 0:04:48.910,0:04:54.910 workload to do it then that's totally 0:04:51.790,0:04:57.220 fine but if you are just checking to see 0:04:54.910,0:04:59.889 if something it's going to explode or 0:04:57.220,0:05:02.260 not and for to see you know just to be 0:04:59.889,0:05:04.360 curious what is coming you are really 0:05:02.260,0:05:07.000 being highly ineffective not only that 0:05:04.360,0:05:10.270 if you are in like you know I received 0:05:07.000,0:05:13.630 between 100 and 150 m of a day you know 0:05:10.270,0:05:16.120 I'm basically getting distracted 100 250 0:05:13.630,0:05:17.710 times a day it's impossible to do 0:05:16.120,0:05:19.750 anything of significance if you are 0:05:17.710,0:05:21.940 getting distracted often by something 0:05:19.750,0:05:23.560 that you are not doing anything with you 0:05:21.940,0:05:25.630 are just getting distracted look who's 0:05:23.560,0:05:27.850 come and then if it sounds fun or 0:05:25.630,0:05:29.650 interesting then open and see what it is 0:05:27.850,0:05:32.169 just to discover oh I need to process 0:05:29.650,0:05:36.280 this later the exception to that is if 0:05:32.169,0:05:39.000 I'm traveling if I am traveling while 0:05:36.280,0:05:41.620 I'm in transit then I may check email 0:05:39.000,0:05:44.380 while I'm transit but as soon as I get 0:05:41.620,0:05:45.910 to wherever I am then I come to the 0:05:44.380,0:05:48.970 settings of the phone and then turn 0:05:45.910,0:05:51.430 email again off so that way I'm 0:05:48.970,0:05:55.000 accessible and available while I'm 0:05:51.430,0:05:57.160 moving around but not on the other on 0:05:55.000,0:06:00.940 the other time and the effect of that 0:05:57.160,0:06:02.950 has been incredible number one you start 0:06:00.940,0:06:06.610 looking your phone in a completely 0:06:02.950,0:06:08.860 different way and you discover ways to 0:06:06.610,0:06:15.450 use your phone in a matter there is more 0:06:08.860,0:06:17.460 effective if they someday I have come to 0:06:15.450,0:06:21.610 use often 0:06:17.460,0:06:23.800 you know the split screen ability on iOS 0:06:21.610,0:06:26.740 that's one of the reasons I don't know 0:06:23.800,0:06:29.229 even if some day Apple come with the ...