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.
Me and my Nozbe team all work from our homes. We’re a completely remote company. I’ve been tweaking my home office almost every year since 2008 and documenting it on my blog . Today I’m letting the AI co hosts to analyze the top 10 gadgets that make my 2026 home office a great place to work for me. As always, after listening, I encourage you to check out my detailed list and all the links in my…
For 19 years I’ve been refusing to add sub-projects and sub-tasks to Nozbe. Customers left us over it. Many came back. Turns out four decades of research quietly agree with me… Note: this is a transcript of the email Newsletter I sent to my 1500+ subscribers a while back. If you want to be one of them, sign up for my free Newsletter. You can unsubscribe anytime! or if you use LinkedIn, you can…
We decided to publish my last webinar as a podcast episode. Whether you’re a daily Nozbe user or a long-time supporter, see how our apps have evolved over nearly 20 years — created with passion and a clear goal: to make productivity simple and effective. I walk you through the latest features of the new version, demonstrate them in action, and share why simplicity continues to be our guiding…
You open a new productivity app and you start getting organized with a hierarchy. Projects. Sub-projects. Tasks. Sub-tasks. This feels serious. This feels professional. You feel in control. Yet when you open my to-do app, Nozbe , you won’t find sub-projects or sub-tasks. For the last 19 years I’ve been refusing to give my customers these features because I’ve felt this added complexity and…
Turns out that over 19 years of Nozbe we’ve served customers from 165 countries! Hundred Sixty Five! And these are not just free users, but we’re talking about paying customers. This small stat made my day today. Paying customers from 165 countries?! Just think about it - a small, mission-driven, privately-owned company from Poland in Europe, managed and led totally remotely with no physical…
Last week I’ve delivered this webinar to Nozbe Classic users. The idea was to show them that the migration to the new Nozbe is something they should consider. I also focused on reiterating our philosophy and core values - especially Simplicity . Enjoy! A true international webinar in 5 languages! German Japanese Text of the webinar A true international webinar in 5 languages! This webinar was in…
Whether you like to click around and explore apps on your own, or you prefer getting a tailor-made system ready to go — this episode is for you. Today, we break down 3 starting paths with Nozbe that will instantly translate into better productivity for your team. Listen to the audio: Schedule your DEMO chat with Magda today for free Full episode show notes at NOOFFICE.FM/94 Subscribe “No Office…
My eldest daughter, Milena, had her wisdom teeth removed and after the operation she couldn’t speak. She was so frustrated! Especially that she is a very talkative person. So to help her out I made this simple Shortcut for her so she could make her iPhone speak on her behalf. “Speak” Shortcut with history To make a simple Shortcut to speak on your behalf all you need are two actions: “Ask for…
A few days ago my wife took me on a trip to Madrid for a concert of my favorite classical music composer - Ludovico Einaudi . What a show it was! And how can a piano composer fill out an entire arena with 10-12 thousand viewers and entertain them for almost 3 hours so that they don’t want to leave and can’t get enough? Here’s how: The Spanish Christmas Lottery Ad in 2015 How I discovered Ludovico…
I used to fly all the way to California for Apple’s Developer conference, called WWDC. I’ve been an Apple fan for nearly two decades, I’m still iPadOnly , and I’m still a developer on their platforms with Nozbe . I even have a selfie with Craig Federighi taken at WWDC’19. However I keep being increasingly disappointed in Apple as to how they seem NOT to love us here in Europe. This week Apple…
One of my favorite companies that makes backpacks and other pouches and accessories is Peak Design and they’ve just completed a new Kickstarter campaign with a 2-in-1 backpack which I totally had to get and last week it arrived. Now, why would I get such a big backpack with a size of a carry-on? Here’s why: #BackpackOnly travel is the best 2in1 Backpack - two backpacks joint together! Huge main…
In Apple Shortcuts I use “lists” a lot. Especially in my Journaling shortcut and my upcoming new “Clipboard Manager” which I’m using every day. The lists are not very well documented so it’s a question of trial and error to figure out how to format them the way you want. Here are two tricks that I use: Standard list If I want just the list of items, I can list them in a text field and add action…
Apple’s Developer conference in 2026 is happening and it’ll be the last one when Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple as he already named John Ternus as his successor. Even though Tim Cook built a 4 trillion empire as Apple Inc, one of the places I think he missed is their relationship with developers like myself, creator of Nozbe, a productivity app available on the iPhone, iPad and the Mac. I’ve written…
One of the key takeaways from my recent Japanese trip was how even the public toilets have built-in bidets that clean your butt. I mentioned in that article that I installed one of these bad-boys in the toilet adjacent to my home office more than a year ago and as people were asking me about it, I decided to share my setup here. 🚽 Old-school toilet with a new-school built-in bidet? That’s right.…
In April I was in Japan — my first trip there in 12 years. And as I drove around in a rented Toyota Prius, meeting people, admiring their culture and heritage, one Placebo lyric from “Pure Morning” song kept looping in my head: “My Japanese is better…” Note: this is a transcript of the email Newsletter I sent to my 1500+ subscribers a while back. If you want to be one of them, sign up for my free…
I’m not a fan of Facebook/Meta but I’ve been using their smart glasses 😎 for a while now. Recently there was much controversy around their AI features, as apparently sub-contractors from Kenya were reviewing private footage of people , recorded with these glasses. In this post I’ll explain why I like still like my smart glasses, how I use them and why I’ve turned off all the AI features to…
Today I’m turning 47 and my two elder daughters (Milena is 17 and Emilia 14) created a collage of memes for me from my favorite movies. They decided that 47 is like six-seven , so it’s time to be goofy about it. Jerry Maguire - Show me the money! Matrix - I can dodge bullets! Star Wars nerd - the importance of play Hobbies and Friendships - that’s what it’s all about! 47 and loving my life! Jerry…
Does your team constantly lose track of things, waste time searching for information, or spend the whole day putting out fires instead of doing meaningful work? In this episode I invited my friend and productivity expert Augusto Pinaud to talk about how GTD (Getting Things Done) principles — adapted for teams — can reduce chaos, improve accountability, and help everyone stay aligned without…
I love Cal Newport’s podcast “Deep Questions” - my Weekly Template is inspired by Cal and I’ve read all his books, including the Deep Work which is one my top 10 books of all time . In one of the recent episodes of his show he talks about 5 different components of cognitive fitness or better yet - how to avoid brain rot and stay mentally fit. Here are my notes: 1. 📖 Read every day - it rewires…
I’m working on version 5 of my popular Journaling Shortcut App where I want to add support not only for saving journal entries to a markdown-formatted text file, but also Apple Notes, Nozbe and more… I want to give the user an option to choose from these various destinations for their journal entries to be saved. Something like a Radio button . Turns out, it’s not easy to do it in Shortcuts so…