Author Archives | Dean Soto
Dean Soto - who has written 88 posts on Productive Catholic.
Dean Soto is the founder and editor for Productive Catholic. He is also the president and owner of Pro Sulum, LLC, a web development and information technology consulting company based out of Southern California. He is a husband, father of 2, a Catholic that is faithful to the Magisterium, and an experienced aerospace information technology professional.
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Posted on 09 August 2010
Well folks, I finally got my first voicemail feedback last week after begging you for over a month. Yes, Devin Rose from St. Joseph’s Vanguard sent me a message asking me a couple of questions. First, he wanted to know how I made my video intros and outros. Also, he asked how I found the [...]
Tags: audio, easy video, intros, mass media, media technology, music, podcast, podcast production, podcasts, secret, secrets, technology, video, voicemail, web software
Posted on 02 August 2010
If you are looking for another Catholic site that melds work, productivity, and spirituality – then look no further. The Daily Saint, run by Mike St. Pierre, is a fantastic blog/podcast that really hits at the heart of the Catholic word ethic. He has a plethora of resources to help you kick butt at work [...]
Tags: Business, catholic, catholic church, catholic reformation, christianity, leadership, management, mike st. pierre, podcast, politics, Productivity, saints, skill
Posted on 29 July 2010
If you are involved with Catholic social media, then you will love this interview. This episode features Matthew Warner, the creator of flockNote and the author of the blog Fallible Blogma. We discuss how a father, husband, and Catholic managed to become an entrepreneur and create a valuable service to parishes and catholic organizations around [...]
Tags: catholic, catholic church, catholic organizations, catholic social media, christian theology, christianity, communicate, ecclesiology, matt warner, organization, parish, parishes, social media, stay connected
Posted on 24 July 2010
In this episode, our first special guest – J.R. Duboc – talks about how he manages to balance his busy work, doctoral studies, and Catholic spiritual life. Not only that, he still manages to find time to write articles for this blog! Amazing. I also answer an email question from a seminarian that desires to [...]
Tags: balance, calendar, catholic balance, catholic life, catholic work, doctoral studies, explaining, getting things done, GTD, habits, human behavior, inbox zero, jr, management, managing, personal development, pope john paul ii, purpose, religion, religious habit, study, studying, task manager
Posted on 12 July 2010
Although there are a lot of Catholic GTD lovers out there (yes, trust me there are), I am not one of them. Don’t get me wrong, GTD is leaps ahead of other productivity systems, but the system of choice for this Catholic is Autofocus. Now, I know what you are going to say, “what is [...]
Tags: autofocus, GTD, podcast, Productivity, task management, time management, Work
Posted on 08 July 2010
In this episode, thanks to some listener feedback from Fran with the Little Sisters of the Poor, we delve a little more deeply into Getting Things Done and how you can use it in your daily Catholic work life. Whether you are a lay person at a normal 8-to-5 job, or religious, GTD can definitely [...]
Posted on 04 July 2010
In this episode I give a HUGE thank you to some folks that sent in some emails recently. God has been tugging at my heart to return to updating Productive Catholic on a more consistent basis, and the feedback that I’ve received from some of you really confirmed that God wants me to continue. I [...]
Tags: batchbook, career, catholic, catholicism, gist, podcast, Productive Catholic, Productivity, social networking
Posted on 12 April 2010
Sometimes, in order to get something done you need a little push. But we don’t always have the funds to pay for a personal coach, so there needs to be another way to get things done on time and efficiently. Well, there is one thing tends to motivate just about everyone: guilt. Good Old Catholic [...]
Tags: coaching, goals, guilt, Productivity, setting goals
Posted on 01 February 2010
Other than Open Source Catholic and Catholic Tech Tips, there aren’t many Catholic sites out there where you can learn new skills on the web. Of course, there are tons of sites where you can learn apologetics, philosophy, and theology, but anything else is pretty much non-existent. So being the shrewd servant that I am, [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Cascading Style Sheets, HTML, InstantShift, PHP, W3Schools, web, Web design, wordpress
Posted on 18 January 2010
Not too long ago, I was followed by Petros Media on my Twitter account. Unfortunately, somehow I got distracted and never got around to checking out their site. Boy was that a huge mistake. Petros TV is a fantastic site that brings together Catholic media projects and video into one easy place. Whether it is [...]
Tags: art, catholic, entertainment, film, media, video