Here it is after almost a year of hiatus - the new issue of Productive! Magazine - Issue #15. Inside, you will find another set of productivity-boosting articles and the interview with a person I’ve always wanted to talk to – Marten Mickos. He is my guru in terms of virtual team management. As a CEO of MySQL AB he led the team of 500 people working from various parts of the world (read the interview to learn more about the size and geographical distribution of the MySQL employees).

We’ve been stress-testing Nozbe a lot lately. As we’ve been listening to your feedback, we worked tirelessly on Nozbe 1.8.5 with bunch of bug fixes and improvements. Also, for those of you who love Linux (as some of our engineers do :-) ) we have a test version 1.8.5 for Linux 32 and Linux64. We hope you’ll like it! We also have a small gift to help you embrace the long evenings of the Fall - a real productivity boost!

The first issue of Productive! Magazine was published in the Fall of 2008. It was the time when I was about to celebrate 2 years of running Nozbe, and I felt I wanted to give people not just a tool, but also an inspiration to get more organized, productive, and be happy about their lives. Over the years we published 14 issues of the magazine and I managed to interview many great and productive people, such as: David Allen, Seth Godin, Jason Fried, and other overachievers…

I’ve got a gift for you today. It’s completely free and it’ll give you productivity boost and inspiration you might just need: Productive! Magazine for iPhone and iPad. Productive! Magazine is a by-product of my passion for productivity. I started preparing the magazine a few years ago for you, my dear Nozbe user, because I wanted to give you something more than just a tool - a great resource for inspiring and timeless articles that would get you motivated to be more productive and organized.

For the past weeks we’ve been working on a new auto-update Nozbe 1.8.4. The version contains mainly bug fixes and minor changes, but as an old saying goes: little things can make a big difference :-) We improved auto-sync across all your devices, especially on your mobile, we fixed tiny bugs in the calendar, enhanced your experience with projects converted from templates, introduced better support for vimeo links and much more.

Since the release of Nozbe 1.8 we’ve been working to fix a few problems with the calendar view that some of you have experienced. Our support and the tech team have been working very hard to make sure all the problems and issues are solved. We know you put a lot of trust in Nozbe and we want you to be happy about the tool you’re using every single day.

When we launched Nozbe 1.8 a couple of days ago with the new, completely-redesigned calendar, we rushed too much to show it to you. We’re so sorry for this. As you can read in our last blog post there were a few problems with the new feature and it wasn’t working perfectly for all of you. We’re truly sorry… but we fixed it now! Our team has been working overtime to make it happen and last night we pushed Nozbe 1.

Important: If you’re running Nozbe 1.7 on your Mac/iPhone/iPad or Android the app will auto-update upon your next sync. If you’re running on Windows, you need to download a new version for Windows. Get Nozbe 1.8 for your device: Nozbe 1.8 for Mac 10.6+ Nozbe 1.8 for Windows XP/Vista/7/8 Nozbe 1.8 for the iOS - iPhone and iPad Nozbe 1.8 for Android phones Nozbe 1.8 for Android tablets Nozbe 1.

I’m Michael Sliwinski, the CEO and founder of Nozbe - an app you’re using evey day to get things done. This is an exciting time for Nozbe and me personally and I wanted to share with you two things I’ve been working on. Do you have an iPad? If you don’t and you’re not planning to get one soon, please disregard this blog post. If you do, however, own an iPad or are getting ready to purchase one, please read on - I’ve got exciting news to share: Nozbe for iOS7 and my new book: "#iPadOnly - the first post-PC book: How to use only your iPad for work, play and everything in between".

On Friday, 5 th July we announced the end of the 10 Steps to Ultimate Productivity Course contest and we drew 10 lucky winners. Just to remind you: Anne Mateer, Kostiantyn Iakovliev, @ErikaMcIntyre, @emuelle, TzuChiang Liou,@pawelbanaszak, @StephHovland, Asia Ryćko, @aplaceforpaws and Pastor Stoeber We want to thank all of you not only for taking part in the competition, but also for your amazing response, all the comments and shares. I’m glad that many of you spread the word about the course and helped others discover it.