Category: Productivity

Following up on The Verge’s miniseries on productivity and how people work…well the latest episode is about and productivity systems. As usual, definitely worth checking out! However for this week, and this follow-up I thought I’d write about my personal productivity system. Is it perfect? No. Is it ever evolving? Absolutely. In fact, in the … Continue reading “Productivity Systems”

David Pierce and the fine folks over at The Verge have a miniseries going on the Vergecast about productivity and work. This is a subject I think about a lot because I find it very interesting. Especially now in our current environment where there are so many ways to work. I’m not sure if I’ll … Continue reading “Productivity and Work”

The follow up to Green Day’s American Idiot is 21st Century Breakdown, and as a record, I enjoy it more than American Idiot. While I enjoy individual tune’s from American Idiot more than 21st Century Breakdown, there is one tune that stands out to me and it’s The Static Age. As implied by the title, … Continue reading “The Static Age”

For the past few months, I have been actively working on my mental health. For context, I’ve always been kind of a grumpy guy. When I was younger, I was loud and opinionated. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve chilled out significantly, around other people, but in my own brain I’m as loud as ever and … Continue reading “Private, Not Apolitical”

I have tried just about every “to-do” app under the sun. I’ve used Microsoft To-Do, Reminders, Google’s To-Do feature, Notion, Planner, Miro, old school pen and paper, you name it. I think I’m defaulting to just a blank text file. I like a project manager tools. I like to be public about progress wherever possible. … Continue reading “My Favorite To-Do App Might Be A Blank Text File”

I’ve had this thought kicking around in my head now…probably since early in the Covid-19 pandemic. As so much of the world has transferred into a remote or hybrid work structure, how we communicate has changed dramatically as well. I come to this thought quite frequently, “what should be an email…and what should be a … Continue reading “What Should Be an Email vs. Instant Message”

It’s been a long couple of weeks so I’m taking tomorrow off. I’m fortunate to work somewhere, where I can do that. I’ve actually been very fortunate in that regard, throughout my career. I enjoy the game of “when was the last time I set my out of office”. I always end up surprising myself … Continue reading “Out of Office”

This tweet cropped up this week. It’s a very Twitter tweet. Who was responsible for giving this power? Who is the “we”? What power are we discussing? Getting past the snarky responses that immediately come to me, I know what they mean. I am a morning person. I won’t scream “good morning” at you or … Continue reading “Morning People”

I watched Chris Pirillo’s “Would You Go Back to a Dumb Phone?” video recently and it inspired me to think about my own smartphone usage. Awhile back, I decided that I had enough of my phone pinging all of the time. I set up a profile so that I simply don’t get notifications unless its … Continue reading “The Smartphone”

Like many Americans, a few weeks ago I started working from home. I recognize I am very fortunate to be in a position that allows me to do so and I do not want to overlook that. The company I work for, and the team I am a part of, was able to be agile … Continue reading “The Work From Home Experiment”