Archive for the “Productivity” category
Email Charter
by jpreardon on July 1, 2011
It seems like very few people really love email. After all, if you use email in your professional life, you probably spend a good portion of your working day dealing with it. It’s been a few years since I was (…)
How to Make the Office a Place Where Work Gets Done
by jpreardon on March 29, 2011
Jason Fried hits the nail on the head regarding the current state of office productivity in this TED Talk (embedded below). Namely, interruptions are shredding our work days up into tiny 10 or 15 or 30 minute increments during which (…)
Phoning it In
by jpreardon on March 22, 2011
I have this great, old rotary phone. Yes, it still works, and yes, I still use it. It rings with a warm tone that the iPhone’s “old phone” ringtone does a really poor job of mimicking. It sits next to (…)
EOM?
by jpreardon on March 6, 2011
Shame on me, I thought EOM was common knowledge. Looking back on it now, it probably would have been less effort to write a paragraph about the package in the email. Live and learn.
Habit Fields
by jpreardon on May 17, 2010
Do you believe in Habit Fields? After reading Jack Cheng’s recent post on A List Apart, I do. He does a better job of explaining what he is talking about than I can ever hope to do here. So, just (…)
Communication is Expensive
by jpreardon on January 24, 2010
Communication is expensive indeed. I’m not talking about long distance minutes here (those are quite inexpensive these days). I’m referring to communication between people on a team and within an organization. Everyone agrees that good communication is essential, but unnecessary (…)
Multitaskers are Bad at Multitasking
by jpreardon on August 25, 2009
A study conducted by a group of Stanford Researchers proves what many have suspected all along: People who claim to be good at multitasking really aren’t that stellar at multitasking. “They’re suckers for irrelevancy,” said communication Professor Clifford Nass, one (…)
Harvest on iPhone Sync Problem
by jpreardon on February 24, 2009
Harvest now has an iPhone application (built and distributed by Y Factorial). It’s really slick, and a welcome alternative to the browser based iPhone solution that came previously. I tested it out last week, and it worked great. Today, however, (…)
Leopard Spaces Tip: Moving Windows
by jpreardon on November 30, 2007
Recently, I discovered that one can hold a window while switching Spaces in Leopard. The window can then be dropped onto any other space. This, of course, isn’t the only way to move a window to another space. But, I (…)
Create New Files with Quicksilver
by jpreardon on November 24, 2007
Lifehacker demonstrates how to set up Quicksilver so that one can easily create new files–of any type. This is especially useful for anyone who has template files that they use on a regular basis.