Wunderlist will go away in favor of Microsoft To Do. Is To Do up to the task?
What You Need to Know About The Future of Remote Meetings: Virtual Reality and Video Chat in Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presents novel problems for teams and businesses across the world to complete their work that, while social distancing and stay-at-home orders may have slowed, did not halt entirely as people still need essential services and their critical operations to continue. Social distancing and stay-at-home measures urged by the WHO, CDC, and Continue Reading
Best simple productivity applications for 2020
This article was originally published on February 24, 2017. Electronic to-do lists rock. Paper to-do lists as your main productivity platform are old-school and inefficient for recording thoughts and tasks leaving you to tackle what’s in front of you. While some people are looking for many bells and whistles with their productivity/to-do platform (if that Continue Reading
Best productivity applications 2019
If you want to be productive, you must be using some kind of productivity tool that backs up all of your tasks and allows you to keep your mind free to tackle whats in front of you. I’ve reviewed some of the top options to help you decide which to use.
Snake oil? I tried Onnit’s Alpha Brain. Here’s what happened
I was going into final exams this last fall and looking for something to amp up my studying to make up for all of the not studying. I had heard hundreds of ads for Alpha Brain from listening to the Joe Rogan Experience over the years and had some friend suggest it to me with Continue Reading
Best complete time tracking applications
If you want to make progress on anything, you achieve it with selective, deliberate practice. A key to good deliberate practice is tracking your improvement, including the time spent on your activities, as well as other metrics you deem important. If you’re trying to become a faster reader, for instance, what better way is there to Continue Reading
Trick to save hours of drafting time this year
Editing is just as important as getting the words on the page for the first time. Here’s what I have figured out over time.
Scooters are the bee’s knees
Find a little “vacation” every day Have you seen these scooters yet? The two main competitors I’ve seen have been Bird and Lime. Riding is as easy as downloading their app on your phone and putting in your driver’s license and payment information. I first saw them in Santa Monica on vacation although didn’t have Continue Reading
Fix when iPhone is “Searching”
Note: This article is pretty much specifically for people who are experiencing the “Searching” issue on their iPhones. I’ve noticed a lot of people with this problem (especially when I’ve gone to stores on several occasions trying to get my phone fixed). I wish I had gotten this suggestion, as common sense as it is, Continue Reading
New desktop app remedies time-tracking troubles
Whenever I talk to people about tracking their time (I’m a riveting conversationalist) I overwhelmingly hear two common obstacles.
Push it and don’t feel guilty
Do not make yourself crazy trying to get necessarily everything done on your agenda. It’s okay to put off tasks for later. Things come up. Life will not stop while you send emails and go to meetings.
How to form new lasting habits with an everyday list
Want to run marathons? What about starting a new vegan diet? Everyone wants to build habits that last, but the key is to have a plan that works for you, not against you.
Don’t get stuck in the morning email trap
By spending your first several hours or even minutes of your day responding to emails you are shooting yourself in the foot. Mornings, for both larks and night owls, tend to be some of the most precious and productive hours of the day.