On text expanders

I am late to the party. Everyone has moved on— the productivity gurus are off to greener pastures. I feel like that person you know who saw the touring act of Hamilton for the first time just recently: Holy shit. Well, what did you expect? The adulation of millions didn’t tip you off to greatness? … Continue reading On text expanders →

On doing the thing that needs to be done when you notice it

The best advice in David Allen’s productivity book (or “bible,” to the many who have a cultlike affinity for it) Getting Things Done has nothing to do with his complex organizational framework. It’s a simple heuristic: If a task will take you less than two minutes, do it now. It’s what has me emptying the … Continue reading On doing the thing that needs to be done when you notice it →

What if you choose not to look at our inboxes every five minutes?

Here are two quotes that have profoundly affected the way I think about my email: Your inbox is a to-do list written by someone else.Tom Chatwin One of [email's] overlooked disadvantages [is that] it is used for everything. Daniel Levitin I'm sure that my colleagues are a bit tired of hearing that first quote, which … Continue reading What if you choose not to look at our inboxes every five minutes? →