productivity

Microsoft Building A.I. into Excel, Office

December 18, 2017

Microsoft will blend artificial intelligence (A.I.) with Excel, one of its longest-running products. Of course, it remains to be seen how merging relatively untested technology with …

iOS 10, Built for Productivity, Will Only Get Better

September 14, 2016

Apple’s slightly redesigned core apps, including Music and Maps, in the new iOS 10 are refreshing, and the revamped iMessage features are exciting to play with. …

Designing a Flexible Schedule

Kate Matsudaira,

March 31, 2016

When I left my job as an executive and made the switch to small-business entrepreneur, I faced the challenge of time management. Suddenly, the hour-by-hour structure …

Managing the Email Flood

October 22, 2015

What’s one key way to boost your productivity? Limit the amount of time you spend on email. Over the past twenty years, email has risen from …

Embracing the 1-3-5 Rule

October 21, 2015

As any tech pro knows, it’s easy to be busy, but difficult to be productive. Meetings, phone calls, and reactive tasks can fill up a schedule, …

Use the Pareto Principle to Boost Productivity

Nick Kolakowski,

October 19, 2015

If you’ve spent any time researching how to make your workday more efficient, chances are good you’ve heard of the Pareto principle, also known as the …

How a ‘Task Alarm’ Sparks Better Productivity

September 25, 2015

For some tech pros, plowing through all the day’s tasks can prove difficult. It’s not just a matter of procrastinating (although some workers have that problem …

Facebook Co-Founder Thinks You’re Stressed

Nick Kolakowski,

September 11, 2015

Dustin Moskovitz, who co-founded Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg and a handful of others, has a new posting on Medium in which he suggests that the …

7 Steps for Avoiding Burnout

Nick Kolakowski,

September 9, 2015

The tech industry is famous for its burnouts. Long hours at startups, demanding deadlines at larger firms—no matter where you look, it seems tech pros are …

4 Ways to Beat Procrastination

September 3, 2015

No matter how tight the deadline for a particular project, it seems that someone on your team will always find a way to procrastinate. Procrastination is …

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