Tag: productivity

Podcast 118: Why bother creating stuff, when computers can do it better?

As machine learning tools improve, do they threaten to make human creativity obsolete?

December 8, 2022
Careful Tech 089: The next step in iPad productivity

April 13, 2020
When remote workers get sick

Steven Kurutz, writing in the New York Times: Working from home may sound relaxing, but the “working” part of that phrase underscores the expectations that accompany it: being available to check and respond to email, hop on a conference call and generally be productive, even if you feel lousy. Last week, a colleague caught a nasty […]

November 15, 2019
You already have everything you need to create stuff on the internet

If we’re honest with ourselves, it’s not the tools that hold us back. The real obstacles to creative productivity? Low motivation and overcommitment.

August 31, 2018
Could you remote-work from Starbucks full-time?

The work-at-a-coffee-shop experiment.

August 27, 2018
Stop sorting your email.

Elaborate folder hierarchies and color-coordinated labels are a waste of time.

December 5, 2015
The best work soundtrack? Soundtracks.

Great music makes even the dreariest work more bearable. For manual labor, anything catchy can do the trick. But what about knowledge work?

October 26, 2015