Jean MacDonald joins us to talk about social media, the M.E.O.W. system, and reading books. This episode of Focused is sponsored by: Indeed: Join more than three million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast. Ethos: Life insurance that fits your budget. Guest Starring: Jean MacDonald Links and Show Notes: Deep Focus: Extended episodes with bonus deep dive content. Relay FM for St. Jude Micro.blog The Weekly Review #219: A MEOW Review 😺 Stolen Focus by Johann Hari | Amazon Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Amazon The Social Dilemma The Light Phone Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle | Amazon Libby App The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle | Audible Building a Second Brain Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday | Amazon David Allen's GTD® Methodology M.E.O.W: The Productivity System Just For Me 😸 | Jean MacDonald Focused #156: The State of GTD

Jean MacDonald, a technology and online community management professional, discusses her history of podcast listening and production, her interest in productivity and sci-fi, and her involvement in various podcasts. Topics include the challenges and rewards of podcasting, community building and management, regulating the community, international community growth, balancing intuitiveness and robustness in platform design, and the future of blogging and podcasting.