Bookmarks tagged “productivity” on Maceage's Blog

The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.

productivity tech

The War of Art: How to Fall in Love with Hard Work - Nick Wignall

Saved on 2023-08-26 · nickwignall.com

Brief lessons in professionalism, art, and productivity from The War of Art. To do our best work, we must learn to fall in love with hard work.

productivity

Modern work requires attention. Constant alerts steal it - Stack Overflow B

Saved on 2023-06-03 · stackoverflow.blog

career productivity tech

Where Is the Line? | How Arbitrary Rules Are Crucial to a Successful Projec

Saved on 2023-05-24 · simplethread.com

Discover the significance of conventions in your codebase and how they shape your software development projects. Explore the benefits of establishing and following conventions, including efficiency, reliability, troubleshooting, and maintainability. Learn how conventions can enha

management productivity tech

CEO update: Eliminating obstacles to productivity, efficiency, and learning

Saved on 2023-02-12 · stackoverflow.blog

management productivity

Why writing by hand is still the best way to retain information - Stack Ove

Saved on 2022-12-25 · stackoverflow.blog

productivity psychology

The Zeigarnik Effect: Why Unfinished Work Follows Us Home [comic]

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

Why it's so hard to stop thinking about everything we have to get done (and so easy to forget what we've already accomplished)

productivity psychology

7 Real-Life Todoist Setups to Steal

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

Copy the powerful workflows of productivity experts

productivity

Deep Work: The Complete Guide (Including a Step-by-Step Checklist)

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

How to master the #1 job skill that will never be obsolete

career productivity

Complexity Bias: Why We Overcomplicate Our Lives [comic]

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

Why we prefer complex solutions over simple ones

productivity

The Two-Minute Rule: Stop Procrastinating With This Simple Trick

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

A simple technique to ensure your small tasks don’t become big headaches

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I Declare To-Do List Bankruptcy! (and you should too)

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

Can't see your way out of your to-do list debt? Read this.

productivity

The Sunk Cost Fallacy & Your Productivity [comic] - Doist Blog

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

Why it's so hard to walk away even when it's the only rational thing to do

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your To-Do List

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

Your to-do list should spark joy, not dread.

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How to Craft the Perfect Daily Schedule (According to Science)

Saved on 2022-11-20 · blog.doist.com

Schedule your energy, not your time. And don’t forget to take breaks.

career productivity

How companies made productivity a personal problem

Saved on 2022-11-17 · async.twist.com

How the hell did finding the time and focus to do our actual jobs become an individual responsibility? And what can we do about it?

career productivity psychology

LARPing your job - by Anne Helen Petersen - Culture Study

Saved on 2022-11-17 · annehelen.substack.com

A few weeks ago, I went on one of my favorite podcasts — The Ezra Klein Show — to talk about burnout, workism, and our relationship to labor.

career productivity psychology

The Future of Remote Work is the Opposite of Lonely

Saved on 2022-11-17 · annehelen.substack.com

This is the midweek edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox, consider subscribing.

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Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems « the js

Saved on 2022-11-17 · jsomers.net

The obvious benefit to working quickly is that you'll finish more stuff per unit time. But there's more to it than that. If you work quickly, the cost of doing something new will seem lower in your mind. So you'll be inclined to do more. The converse is true, too. If every time y

google productivity psychology

The Imperfectionist: Three or four hours

Saved on 2022-11-17 · oliverburkeman.com

career productivity psychology

Engineer by Day, Venture Capitalist by Night | by Casey Caruso | Medium

Saved on 2022-11-16 · caseycaruso.medium.com

For the past three years, I have had two jobs. I work full-time as an engineer at Google and part-time as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners. Many people have asked why I do this, how it…

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Bookmarks tagged “productivity”

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:22:19 +0000

114 bookmarks tagged “productivity”

Why the "new normal" workday should be a whole lot shorter - RescueTime

Saved on 2022-11-16 · blog.rescuetime.com

Once we get over the practical hurdles of the “new normal” there’s a deeper question to answer: How should the workday look?

career productivity psychology

How hardware and software can maximize your flow states - Stack Overflow Bl

Saved on 2022-11-13 · stackoverflow.blog

productivity psychology tech

Automate the boring parts of your job - Stack Overflow Blog

Saved on 2022-11-13 · stackoverflow.blog

productivity programming tech

How to Help Developers Work in The Flow - DEV Community ?‍??‍?

Saved on 2022-11-13 · dev.to

Developer’s job is one of the most mentally demanding jobs. Developers work with complex algorithms,...

productivity tech

Digital Minimalism and the Radical Power of Unplugging

Saved on 2022-11-11 · blog.doist.com

What Cal Newport can (and can't) teach us about digitally decluttering our lives

productivity tech

How to Develop Your Talent Stack

Saved on 2022-10-16 · dev.to

A breakdown of how to be extraordinary by building your talent stack.

career productivity programming tech

A Realistic Guide to Time Management

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

Managing your time well isn't just about getting more done

productivity

How to Move Your Team Toward Async-First Communication

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

Advice for team leaders and team members who want to bring more calm, focused productivity to the workplace

productivity

Why It's So Hard to Focus at Work (Hint: It's not you, it's your workplace)

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

Few companies invest in protecting their most valuable asset — their team’s attention.

productivity

The productivity tax you pay for context switching

Saved on 2022-10-16 · async.twist.com

Every time you switch between apps and tasks, you leave a little bit of your attention behind. Here's what you can do about it...

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It's Time to Re-Examine the Office-Serendipity Theory of Innovation

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

One of the biggest concerns about remote work is that there's no more chance encounters. But is that really what drives innovation?

productivity

Productivity Shame: How To Stop Feeling Like You Haven't Done 'Enough'

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

5 strategies to end the cycle of "never enough"

productivity

How to Make Your Business Writing Readable (With Real-Life Examples)

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

Steal these data-backed marketing tricks of the trade to improve your memos, emails, messages, and more

productivity

How to (Actually) Read More Books in 2022

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

Lessons learned tripling the number of books I read last year

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How to Plan Your Day: The Complete Guide to Everyday Productivity

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

The 10-minute productivity practice for achieving more in work and life

productivity

5 Unconventional Goal Setting Methods to Achieve What You Want in 2021

Saved on 2022-10-16 · blog.doist.com

Traditional goal setting didn’t work for you last year? Try on something new...

productivity

Creating a pomodoro app with open-source tools — Imre

Saved on 2021-02-25 · buymeacoffee.com

Post by Imre Gera

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The future of work is written – Increment: Remote

Saved on 2021-02-25 · increment.com

Exploring the opportunities of asynchronous communication and the (conscientiously) written word.

business career productivity tech

'Why Do I Spend Weeks Avoiding Tasks That Will Take Me 10 Minutes to Do?'

Saved on 2021-02-25 · vice.com

Procrastinating has less to do with time management and more to do with mood management.

health productivity psychology tech

Knowledge Worker’s Prayer: Best Practices to Stay Sane and Sensible in Digi

Saved on 2021-01-11 · medium.com

God, grant me the serenity to mute Slack notifications, courage to reject meetings I didn't schedule, and wisdom to differentiate: 1) calls that should be emails, and emails that should be calls, 2) Zoom that should be phone calls, and phone calls that should be Zooms, ....

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The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done | The New Yorker

Saved on 2021-01-11 · newyorker.com

Cal Newport on the 43 Folders blogger Merlin Mann; the late productivity expert Peter Drucker; the author David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” method; and why G.T.D. doesn’t address the anxiety and inefficiency associated with e-mail overload, a phenomenon that knowledge workers e

leadership management productivity psychology

10 Principles to Organize Your Life (And Keep It That Way)

Saved on 2021-01-09 · blog.doist.com

10 principles for organizing your work, home, health, fitness, hobbies, finances, and more...

health productivity psychology

Software is trying to change your habits. Make sure you agree with it. | Za

Saved on 2021-01-09 · zapier.com

Have you ever gotten lost in a mall? It's not your fault. Malls are intentionally confusing, a sort of modern labyrinth. The idea is you'll get lost, see some random stuff you don't need, then spend money on said stuff.

productivity tech

How to Prioritize When There's Always More To Do

Saved on 2021-01-09 · blog.doist.com

Advice for managing life's chaos and focusing on what's important

health productivity

Organize Your Home: Declutter and Clean with Checklists for Every Room

Saved on 2021-01-09 · blog.doist.com

Take back your space with check-lists for every room in your place

productivity

Bookmarks tagged “productivity”

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:22:19 +0000

114 bookmarks tagged “productivity”

6 Rules That Are Guaranteed to Improve Your Productivity, Even if You Feel

Saved on 2021-01-09 · medium.com

In my work as a productivity coach, I supported hundreds of people to improve their daily workflow and get more done in less time. Whenever I talk about productivity, I have one goal: I want my…

health productivity

7 Cognitive Biases That Make Us Suck at Time Management

Saved on 2020-11-19 · blog.doist.com

Our brains are hardwired to sabotage our productivity. Can we do anything about it?

productivity psychology

How to Centralize Your Tasks When You’re Using Too Many Apps

Saved on 2020-11-18 · blog.doist.com

What to do when your productivity apps are making you less productive

productivity tech

Turn app interactions into team knowledge in Slack | by Vasilis Bountris |

Saved on 2020-11-04 · medium.com

Open offices, coffee nooks, meeting rooms and more. The traditional workplace as we know it is undergoing a radical transformation. Our work is now mostly digital — in a home office, on chat…

product productivity tech

Why Time Management Won't Solve Your Time Problems

Saved on 2020-09-28 · blog.doist.com

Having more time is like earning more money — the more you have, the more you want to spend. Here's a different way to think about it...

career productivity psychology

Improve Your Focus and Find Your Calling by Working in Seasons - Ambition &

Saved on 2020-09-28 · blog.doist.com

The rest of your life is a long time – start working in seasons instead.

career productivity psychology

The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Long-Term Goals

Saved on 2020-09-28 · blog.doist.com

And 3 strategies for achieving your long-term goals anyway, according to science

productivity psychology

Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule

Saved on 2020-09-23 · paulgraham.com

leadership productivity tech

How to build a documentation culture | by James Scott | The Startup | Mediu

Saved on 2020-09-22 · medium.com

Most programmers don’t like writing documentation, it’s just a fact. In some of the engineering teams I’ve worked in it’s often felt like the annoying but necessary task that is left until the last…

productivity tech

How To Master Your Goals With The Ulysses Pact

Saved on 2020-09-03 · blog.trello.com

Struggling to achieve your long-term goals? Banish procrastination once and for all by holding yourself accountable with the Ulysses pact.

productivity

Deep Work: The Complete Guide (Including a Step-by-Step Checklist)

Saved on 2020-08-31 · doist.com

How to master the #1 job skill that will never be obsolete

productivity