productivity
A Sunday e-mail sabbatical Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/09/cloudy-adur.jpg] There’s something seductive about counter-intuitive solutions. The fact that they feel wrong makes you think that they’re right… I’m trying something counter-intuitive right now. I’ve been struggling with balancing productivity and family time
Managing your time isn't enough Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/09/postits-service-design.jpg] One thing that’s vital to bear in mind during busy periods [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/09/andback.html] is that managing your time and managing your ability to do cognitively-demanding work are two very
Watch this before you start work Paid Members Public
There’s a whole load of genuine research behind these ideas. One thing I’ve done consistently since I worked on the Nokia project [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2013/05/design_your_day.html] back at the beginning of the year has been designing my day in exactly this
Keep shovelling the content... Paid Members Public
A Digiday post on volume of content per full-time staff member [http://www.digiday.com/publishers/whos-winning-at-volume-in-publishing/] has been doing the rounds today: > Digiday looked at several publications — from stalwarts like the New York Times and Forbes to upstarts like Buzzfeed and The Awl — to see how much content
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Design Your Day Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/05/reading-design-your-day.jpg] Interested in productivity, working better and making most efficient use of the digital age? You might want to read this eBook [http://www.slideshare.net/NokiaAtWork/smarter-everyday-ebookdesignyourday]. Design Your Day is part of Nokia’s Smarter everyday
Experiments in designing your day Paid Members Public
Want to make better use of your days? People Who Do are running a series of experiments in productivity [http://www.peoplewhodo.co.uk/2013/02/20/designing-your-day/] that you can join in with. (Full disclosure: this is part of the same body of work I’m involved with via
Designing your online consumption Paid Members Public
I really like this thoughtful approach to designing how you read, store and respond to online content [http://www.thewavingcat.com/2013/03/02/my-setup-reading-writing-bookmarking/]. I must do the same.
Working alone, together Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/02/2013-02-18-14.22.47.jpg] Writing is, essentially, a lonely business. It’s just you, a keyboard and as much focus as you can bring to a task. I’m in the midst of a long piece of writing now,