Researchers have deemed today, the day after the spring time shift, Cyberloaf Monday due to the massive productivity losses that occur compared to previous and future Mondays. Professors from Penn State, Singapore Management University, National University of Singapore and Virginia Tech analyzed six years of Google data and found that...
On the weekdays, I typically focus on work productivity, but since it's the weekend, I couldn't resist sharing three time-saving tricks that gave me over six hours back this week. Six hours, 1 minute and 30 seconds, to be exact -- and the number will likely...
Today's global business environment means that work doesn't always stop at the stroke of 5 p.m., and today's must-reads focus on the prioritization that's essential to retain sanity amid such expectations. * Sometimes over-reporting can thwart prioritization and time management. Here'...
I've written about the old adage that you cannot improve what you cannot measure, and the Angry Productive Birds app helps you visualize how your time is spent on projects and other work. Michal Migurski is the creative mind behind the app, which essentially turns time-tracking sheets into...
I've tried out dozens of social media tools over the years, but the following apps and services have withstood the test of time and are part of the Ridiculously Efficient social media workflow. Social Media Tools * Timely: Timely automatically publishes tweets from a queue based on when your...
David Allen is an author and productivity consultant who founded the Getting Things Done method of time management, commonly shortened to GTD. His Wikipedia page mentions Allen's claim that he had 35 professions before age 35, and like me, one of his many former jobs was in the...
