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About Patricia Dwyer

My experience with both computers and management makes me uniquely qualified to help you manage your digital life. We’ll start with a free one-hour phone consultation so that I can understand your systems and your needs, and then we’ll agree on a plan to address those needs. At the completion of our plan, you’ll be well on the way to understanding and managing your digital life.

How to Become Super-efficient with your Daily Task Management

Do you believe that your task management process is running efficiently?
Tasks are those often-reoccurring items that you need to complete on a timely basis before you forget or before they’re irrelevant. Often we not disciplined about scheduling time for these tasks or setting due dates.

You may also have projects that you’re managing, but task management is not the same as project management. Projects have defined start dates and end dates (even if that end […]

By |December 22nd, 2016|Task Management|Comments Off on How to Become Super-efficient with your Daily Task Management
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How to Easily and Securely Share Passwords with Loved Ones

There are all kinds of reasons that you may need to share passwords.
For example, you may need to share passwords for joint bank accounts, or you need to co-administer a child’s health insurance. And the whole family may be using the same video streaming service.

For security reasons, you don’t want to share passwords that you’ve simplified so that everyone can remember them. You should be changing them regularly anyway.
So what’s the best way to […]

By |December 13th, 2016|Password Management|Comments Off on How to Easily and Securely Share Passwords with Loved Ones
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iCloud Drive: Should You Trust Apple to Take Care of Your Storage?

You’re all Apple – Mac, iPhone, iPad – and you want to be able to access your documents on multiple devices. You may already know that you can use iCloud Drive to do that.

iCloud Drive is like Dropbox and Google Drive, with a dedicated folder on your Mac that syncs to the cloud. Until Apple’s Mac OS Sierra release, your only option to share files with your other devices was to save the files in […]

By |November 7th, 2016|Cloud Services|Comments Off on iCloud Drive: Should You Trust Apple to Take Care of Your Storage?
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Yes, You CAN Organize Those Google Drive Files – Here’s How

You’re an organized person and like to keep your digital files in a folder structure. (Read my blog post here: 3 Ways to Keep Your Digital Life Organized). But now you’ve got several people sharing files with you via Google Drive.
“Shared with me” in Google Drive is an unorganized, cluttered mess that’s frustrating to view. Plus it’s hard to find anything.
When you log on to Google Drive , you’ll see a left sidebar with icons […]

By |November 1st, 2016|File Management|Comments Off on Yes, You CAN Organize Those Google Drive Files – Here’s How
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Here’s an Easy Way to Stay More Task-focused and Productive

You’ve read my blog post here about productivity: How to Remain Productive, and you’re working on your task list. Now you’ve managed to find some uninterrupted time to get things done.
Uninterrupted time is a gift and you’re ready to get down to work, but, frustratingly, you may still be feeling restless and having trouble staying task-focused.
Playing music can help. Try Noisli for background noise that helps you to work more productively.

Having a place to work […]

By |October 27th, 2016|Task Management|Comments Off on Here’s an Easy Way to Stay More Task-focused and Productive
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How to Easily Save Emails from Gmail to Evernote

I like to use Evernote to organize my client information, including email correspondence. I detail this here: 7 Tips to Manage Client Info.
Forwarding Gmail to Evernote requires a paid account.
If you don’t have a paid Evernote account, you can still copy and paste an email into an Evernote note. But there are better ways if you’re a Gmail user.
Use the Chrome Evernote Web Clipper extension.
Here’s how: open the email, click on the Web Clipper extension […]

By |October 25th, 2016|Evernote|Comments Off on How to Easily Save Emails from Gmail to Evernote
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3 Simple Paths to a Powerful Follow-up Routine

One of the keys to maintaining and growing a business is a follow-up routine.
Staying in touch with potential customers, past customers, and referral partners is key. There are many methods to do this, including social media and email marketing. Often, though, a business needs to make that personal contact.
It’s important to follow-up on a regular basis before you fall off of someone’s radar.
This means maintaining a follow-up list and a follow-up schedule. A good […]

By |October 17th, 2016|Task Management|Comments Off on 3 Simple Paths to a Powerful Follow-up Routine
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3 Tools to Easily Follow Up with Prospects and Customers

One of the keys to maintaining and growing a business is staying in touch with potential customers, past customers, and referral partners.
There are many methods to do this, including social media and email marketing. Often, though, a business needs to make that personal contact.
It’s important to follow up on a regular basis before you fall off of someone’s radar.
This means maintaining a list and a schedule to follow up. A good Customer Relationship Management […]

By |October 6th, 2016|Communications Management|Comments Off on 3 Tools to Easily Follow Up with Prospects and Customers
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3 Easy Steps for More Organized Evernote Notes

If you’re an avid Evernote user like me, you may find yourself with so many notes that you’re not sure what to do with them. If you’ve read my post here: Use Evernote for a New Level of Organization, you know how to use notebooks and tags for organized Evernote notes. But even with good organization, it’s just too easy to take a note during a meeting, during a conversation, or whenever you have a […]

By |October 4th, 2016|Evernote|1 Comment
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How to Simplify Daily Priorities Using Evernote

In my blog post here: How to Prioritize Email, I wrote about prioritization methods for your inbox. Use your email daily priorities method with your Evernote to-do list as well
Organize your tasks separately from your reference notes/emails in Evernote. You can do this by using Evernote notebooks. (Read about notebooks here: How to Organize Using Evernote Notebooks.)

“Getting Things Done” (or GTD) is a popular productivity method. This was first made popular by David Allen’s […]

By |September 27th, 2016|Evernote|Comments Off on How to Simplify Daily Priorities Using Evernote
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ABOUT PAT DWYER

My experience with both computers and management makes me uniquely qualified to help you manage your digital workflow. We'll start with a free one-hour phone consultation so that I can understand your systems and your needs, and then we'll agree on a plan to address those needs. At the completion of our plan, you'll be well on the way to understanding and managing your digital workflow.

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Patricia Dwyer, Proprietor
Phone: 650.517.3142
Email: pat@digitalchaoscontrol.com

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Pat is very knowledgeable, organized and patient. She explains things clearly and made it all very easy for me. I highly recommend her to anyone needing help with any kind of technology.
Bill Welch, San Mateo, CA
Pat was a patient problem solver and I'm much happier with the organization of our iTunes Library now. If you want an IT expert who listens well and responds to your needs, I highly recommend her.
Beth Harrison, San Carlos, CA
Pat's prompt and expert help got me back online with my email straightened out in no time at all. Her calm approach soothed my frustration and made the whole experience a positive one. I would highly recommend her to bring order to your digital life.
Joanne McMahon, Millbrae, CA
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