productivity
Can we design for more time? Paid Members Public
Here’s a good question: > If digital technology saves time, how come so many of us feel rushed and harried? Technological utopians once dreamt of the post-industrial society as one of leisure. Instead, we are more like characters in Alice in Wonderland, running ever faster and faster to stand
Slaying the e-mail monster Paid Members Public
I’ve been staring at an unusual sight on and off over the last 18 hours or so: Yes, I’ve hit inbox zero. And I need to keep as close to this as I can. Here’s why: My working life is about as complex as it has ever
Facebook demobbed Paid Members Public
I just made a spur-of-the-moment decision – while sat in a local coffee shop – to remove Facebook from my iPhone. I’m not killing my account or anything like that – understanding how it operates is part of what I do – but the main app is gone. Why? Well, it’s becoming
You need a holiday, says neuroscience Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/08/exhausted-pop.jpg] When you’re two years old, a busy day just needs a restorative nap, while you are carried home by your parents. When you’re older, and your productivity matters, you need more than that: > Increasing
31-3.6 Time, money and desk space Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/03/servererror-3592.html] I started this daft writing project with ideas of fighting complacency. It’s too easy to slip into habits in your blogging, to just keep doing what you did before, without any serious attempt to keep pushing yourself forwards.
Stop working so damn hard Paid Members Public
You shouldn’t put in so many hours working [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2014/01/27/140127ta_talk_surowiecki]. Why? > The perplexing thing about the cult of overwork is that, as we’ve known for a while, long hours diminish both productivity and quality. Among industrial workers,
Lists: how we understand the world Paid Members Public
There’s more to lists than you think [http://www.fastcompany.com/3021379/work-smart/the-amazing-history-of-the-to-do-list-and-how-to-make-one-that-actually-works] : > Umberto explained in an interview that lists are often seen as relics of primitive cultures–simplistic devices that don’t belong in our modern day and age. However, the simple form of the list
The importance of (mental) bandwidth Paid Members Public
Christine has reviewed Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much [http://www.purplecar.net/2013/09/book-review-scarcity/]: > To put it simply, one must have a lot of bandwidth and little-to-no financial scarcity to think about saving for college or retirement. The peace-of-mind expendable income brings allows a person
