The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 31

Guest Interview - Louise Umeki - Plannercon 2017

1st PlannerCon 2017 National Conference in beautiful San Francisco, California. Play and plan throughout two fabulous days with your friends and connect with new friends! Vendor expos with your favourite vendors, workshops & classes, amazing speakers, development personal and so much more!

Plannercon 2017 is a unique event that will be held in March 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel - San Francisco Airport, 1333 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, California, United States

Karine interviewed Louise to find out all about the event.

If you have ideas for future episodes please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions
01:30 - Dreams to reality
02:00 - How did this come about
03:00 - The Planner World and the start of the idea of Plannercon 2017
10:00 - Ticket Sales
13:15 - Vision boards
14:15 - Travellers Notebooks
16:30 - Vision books
22:20 - Background career
25:00 - More to Plannercon than being a meet up
26:45 - Thought of the day from Louise

Episode 31 - Guest Interview - Louise Umeki - Plannercon 2017 


A direct download is also available here: Episode31.mp3

Show notes: A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

NB: A5 is in A4 format so it can be scaled to suit A5 or A6 size. Personal is for printing direct on Personal size paper.



Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Louise Umeki
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: Plannerology, Karine Tovmassian (IG)
Louise: PlannerCon,
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times, Mr Philofaxy (IG)

Naturally we would love to hear your feedback on the podcast. If you use iTunes please gives us your rating or reviews of the podcast.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 30

Form Following Function

So you have decided on the size of your planner, but how do you decide what other features your planner needs.

When we talk about planners in this episode we aren't just referring to ring bound planners because other forms of planners can also have various storage options in their covers as well. 

If you have ideas for future episodes please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions
01:00 - Size decided, what next.
02:00 - Choosing what you need
03:00 - Be aware of the design rules on certain sizes.
04:30 - If you could design a Custom Planner what would you include?
06:00 - Do you use separate wallet?
07:00 - Finding the perfect bag
08:00 - Create a priority order of features you need.
09:00 - Which planner is the planner.
10:00 - At what point did you make the decision when seeing something.
11:00 - Filofax Heritage A5
12:00 - Remember what is it you are going to use.
13:00 - How much do you really need to carry
15:15 - The extremes of designs
16:15 - The context of use influences the designs
17:45 - Organiser as a wallet - Video
18:00 - Steve's coin holder/pocket
19:00 - What else do you need to carry
20:15 - Where do you carry your mobile phone
22:45 - Do you want to carry a small tablet/electronic reader
24:30 - Having your planner with you and using it is the most important thing.
28:00 - Tips of the week

Episode 30 - Form Following Function 


A direct download is also available here: Episode30.mp3

Show notes: A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

NB: A5 is in A4 format so it can be scaled to suit A5 or A6 size. Personal is for printing direct on Personal size paper.



Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: Plannerology, Karine Tovmassian (IG)
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times, Mr Philofaxy (IG)

Naturally we would love to hear your feedback on the podcast. If you use iTunes please gives us your rating or reviews of the podcast.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 29

Seasonal To Do Lists

In order to maintain your home there are a host of small jobs you need to do on a seasonal basis.

What better place to record these tasks than in your planner, may be in a separate home planner.

We hope to highlight some of the tasks we have thought of, but we are sure you will be add to the list of things for your own home. 

If you have ideas for future episodes please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions
02:00 - Why you need to have a seasonal to do list.
03:00 - Spring
08:00 - Regular car maintenance
08:30 - Checking smoke and carbon monoxide detection alarms monthly
11:00 - Summer
15:30 - Regular home cleaning
18:00 - Regular tasks stamp - Joshua La Porte video
21:00 - Autumn
22:00 - Winter
25:00 - Home inventory
27:00 - Tips of the week

A full check list here.

Episode 29 - Seasonal To Do Lists


A direct download is also available here: Episode29.mp3

Show notes: A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

NB: A5 is in A4 format so it can be scaled to suit A5 or A6 size. Personal is for printing direct on Personal size paper.



Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: Plannerology, Karine Tovmassian (IG)
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times, Mr Philofaxy (IG)

Naturally we would love to hear your feedback on the podcast. If you use iTunes please gives us your rating or reviews of the podcast.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 28

Making and Keeping annual goals

Ah, the dreaded new year’s resolutions. 

Annual goals seem to go astray as the months of summer drag on. 

Listen in as the gruesome twosome get everyone’s fires lit for ending the year with task, purpose and motivation.

If you have ideas for future episodes please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions
01:15 - Do you get concerned about completing your goals
02:15 - The 80:20 rule
03:15 - Tim Ferriss “The 4-Hour Workweek"
04:15 - Goal Setting
05:00 - Master task list
07:00 - Working through an example project
10:30 - Track your progress
11:00 - Weekly Mini Goals
13:00 - Tackle some of your tasks
13:15 - Using an annual planner
14:00 - Setting Main and Sub Goals
16:00 - Colour coding your annual planner
18:00 - Breaking it down to Monthly, Weekly, Daily
20:00 - There is no end to the year, it is a rolling 12 months
21:00 - December!
23:00 - Allow for 'slack time' in your planning
24:30 - 'Firefighting'
26:00 - Put your main goal at the top of the page
28:00 - Routines
29:00 - To Do Tasks for this week

Episode 28 - Making and Keeping annual goals


A direct download is also available here: Episode28.mp3

Show notes: A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

NB: A5 is in A4 format so it can be scaled to suit A5 or A6 size. Personal is for printing direct on Personal size paper.



Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: Plannerology, Karine Tovmassian (IG)
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times, Mr Philofaxy (IG)

Naturally we would love to hear your feedback on the podcast. If you use iTunes please gives us your rating or reviews of the podcast.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Plannerverse - Episode 27

Organising the family

The planets have aligned and your planner is chugging along perfectly.

Then suddenly: FAMILY! How do you get your family on board with planning or at least participate in your interplanetary goal of dining at the restaurant at the end of the Universe?

In this week’s episode, Steve and Karine discuss strategies and tactics for staggeringly minuscule successes in planning with others.

Tune in and thanks for all the fish.

If you have ideas for future episodes please send them to steve at philofaxy dot com

Show Notes (timings approximate)
00:00 - Introductions
01:00 - Are they more organised than you?
02:00 - Are you the 'hub'
02:30 - Family calendar
05:00 - Deciding what and what not to share.
07:30 - Family travel planner - Kayak
09:00 - Colour Coding
11:00 - Have one In-box
12:30 - Contextualising tasks
13:00 - Sharing what you are planning to-do
16:00 - Shared family electronic calendar
17:30 - Matching colour codes between Electronic and Paper Planners
18:00 - Separating your life in to different calendars
20:30 - Using the colours to help indicate your life/work balance
24:00 - Encouraging your partners to use a planner.
25:00 - Use a small notebook to discretely plan
25:30 - Getting children to tell you of their planning needs
28:00 - A central planner for the family
29:00 - Don't be a 'Fire fighter'

Episode 27 - Organising the family


A direct download is also available here: Episode27.mp3

Show notes: A5 docx pdf  Personal docx pdf

NB: A5 is in A4 format so it can be scaled to suit A5 or A6 size. Personal is for printing direct on Personal size paper.



Presenters - Karine Tovmassian and Steve Morton
Editing and production - Steve Morton

Our Websites:
Karine: Plannerology, Karine Tovmassian (IG)
Steve: Philofaxy, Travellers Notebook Times, Mr Philofaxy (IG)

Naturally we would love to hear your feedback on the podcast. If you use iTunes please gives us your rating or reviews of the podcast.