Productivity guru Merlin Mann is taking his well-known blog, 43 Folders, in a new direction. His new focus? How people can clear space, both figuratively and literally, to be creative and finish things they care about. by CC Holland
So you need to set up a conference call with several busy folks and, over email at least, the group has come to an impasse about which half hour over the next week fits in best to everyone's schedules. Enter Doodle—a simple concept that allows you the organizer to bring...
I recently came across an oldie-but-goodie post from Merlin Mann of 43 Folders called "Kick Procrastination's Ass" and was thrilled to learn a new technique for getting my posterior in gear. Mann points out that any time you put something off, the problem gets bigger, which leads...
The daily annoyances of writing programs like Word have sent several frustrated users running to stripped-down word processors like Google Docs and even Notepad. But if you're a Mac user, it might make sense to get a writing program with more capabilities: Scrivener. Although Scrivener, which costs $35 (but offers...
"The most important thing you need to do is to have big chunks of time during the day when all you're doing is thinking." That's the productivity advice that Senator Barack Obama passes on in a recent conversation with Tory leader David Cameron, according to an Associated Press article. He...
Think the time you spend answering e-mail, composing IMs, and trolling Twitter doesn't have an impact? Think again. A recent study by research firm Basex puts the "cost of unnecessary interruptions" in terms of lost productivity and innovation at a shocking $650 billion. Merlin Mann blogged about the cost of...
Yesterday, I read a great blog post by Brad Blackman on Mysterious Flame that put into words something that's been running around the back of my mind lately -- namely, that the productivity trend is on the downslide. As Blackman puts it, the whole "productivity" scene appears...
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