The company of the same name appears to have taken all they've learned over the past 12 years about how remote teams work best, then built the service to enable teams to do just that.
Drew Coffman makes an excellent observation: > I have once or twice been caught in a situation where my Apple Watch is off my person or dead, and I have been discouraged to exercise, knowing that none of the data will be tracked. When the tools become the focus, we’re off target. I have to be mindful of this myself; there is a balance with these types of tools. The past several months, I’ve used a combination of Gyroscope, Moves, Rescuetime, and Apple’s Health app to track a lot of things. I’ve…
Nothing beats having deeply buried memories brought back to the surface. This is the highest value of any type of journal. How much more one that tracks our journey of faith?
Listicle alert! Not to worry, dear friend: this one is worth a read. Chris Bailey wrote a book and shares a lengthy list of tips as to how his approach(es) to productivity not only helped him write the book, but finish it significantly ahead of schedule. The Coles Notes version: > Writing a book is a monster of a project, but projects like it become easier once you make a plan for how to tackle them. When you liberally disconnect from the internet when working on big projects, anticipate obsta…
Reviews are one of the hardest aspects of being productive. Consistency is hard!
Does our industry have a problem with contentment, always looking for something better?
John Saito writes for a living, but his is a unique application. The format he primarily writes for is user interfaces. It’s a format that necessitates a certain type of writing. As he puts it: > You see, I mostly write interface text for apps and websites. It’s a style of writing where brevity beats brilliance, and every character counts. Writing interface text is actually a lot like design—designing words for people who hate to read. He then goes on to give some great tips for how to write co…
As more people make a case for putting your tasks on your calendar, some dislike the disdain for good ol' to-do lists. But is the calendar focus just a fad?