Mike Vardy
Mike Vardy is a husband, father, independent writer, speaker, podcaster and "productivityist". He is also the author of the book, The Front Nine: How To Start The Year You Want Anytime You Want, published by Diversion Books. You can learn more about his other work at his website, MikeVardy.com, visit his blog at Productivityist.com, and you can follow him as @mikevardy on Twitter.
![How mobile devices are set to become smarter with contextual awareness [Video]](http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/08/045-480x245.jpg "Wishpond's RetailConnect makes Facebook Store creation a snap")
![As 4G Internet rollout approaches in Denmark, why is Europe behind the US? [Video]](http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/08/040-480x245.jpg "The Next Web Canada at GROW in Vancouver")
![MIT’s ‘folding car’ could change the way we travel in cities [Video]](http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/08/031-480x245.jpg "Social network setNight sets out to improve your nightlife")
![[Video] Meet the teenager who quit college to do a startup](http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/05/066-480x245.jpg "The 5 Most Pretentious Productivity Buzzwords")
![Meet the socially-focused startups at the Unreasonable Institute Demo Day [Video]](http://cdn.thenextweb.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/08/09-480x245.jpg "The Golden Gigabyte: A costly commodity for Canadian Internet users")