Tag: productivity

Remote work and the importance of remaining social

Nathan wrote a post titled “Remote work” in which he wrote about his transition from a somewhat conventional office environment to a distributed team. Working remotely certainly has benefits (his one team member saving 40 hours a month just by not commuting to work surprised me). I used to work at home until about 2010…

2014-12-09
Taking time for the meta stuff

I really like Caterina Fake‘s one tweet today: For every hour of making, spend an hour thinking, feeling and observing. — Caterina Fake (@Caterina) November 7, 2014 It is so easy to get caught up in work, work and work and to forget to take some time for a mental breather, the meta stuff and…

2014-11-07
Switch to silent when working

Today has been one of those days when the phone just didn’t stop ringing whenever I had to focus on a project. I am very tempted to switch my phone to “Do Not Disturb” tomorrow just so I can get some work done. Perhaps the answer is to batch calls and returning messages just like…

2014-11-05
How sandwiches switched from email to Slack

It is starting to seems like everyone is using Slack for internal comms within teams. I have at least two clients using it and I know of a couple other small teams using it too. (On a related note, the Slack referral program which gives you $100 in credit when you sign up expires at…

2014-11-05
OmniFocus 2 is available for your Mac … swoon!

http://vimeo.com/96096370 The day has finally arrived. OmniFocus 2 for the Mac has arrived and I can’t wait to upgrade. I resisted the urge to try the beta builds so I am really looking forward to the new interface and functionality. My life basically runs through OmniFocus on my Mac, iPhone and iPad. It looks like…

2014-05-22
Frustrated thoughts about broadband and road traffic

I found myself stuck in traffic this morning on my way to a meeting and frustrated with the amount of time wasted on the road and how better and more reliable broadband could be a huge productivity boost. I basically found myself thinking about a similar issue I ranted about a year and a half…

2014-02-26
Picking up the Slack

I paused my Basecamp account last year when my team members went their separate ways and I continued on as a solo towards the end of the year. My plan was to resurrect my Basecamp account in the new year once I started building a new team. I’m not sure where I came across Slack…

2014-02-12
Automating unproductivity

I completely get this and have done it far more times that I would readily admit to.

2014-01-20