It’s 2019 and it’s time to stop making amateur mistakes on video conference calls.
Zoom, Appear.In, Google Hangouts, Skype, UberConference, and many other conference apps all have the ability to share your screen. One day, we’ll live in a magical world where as soon as you share your screen, your…
Our work values are powerful, but they are nothing without the people who believe in them, use them, and embody them.
It’s the end of 2017 and time for a bit of reflection. For the past 3.5 years, I’ve been incredibly lucky. I’ve had the immeasurable fortune of working for…
The end of the year is approaching. If you’re like me, you’ve probably put a ton of blood, sweat, and tears to cross the finish line and close out the year strong. Over the next few months, most of us will conduct self-evaluations and write performance reviews. …
“How to give feedback” is a long-running discussion in management, leadership, and business circles. The latest phase in the craze is seen in the proliferation of the ‘radical candor’ methodology: teaching managers to balance “caring personally” with “challenging directly.” Frameworks such as radical candor are meant to help managers ease…
I track my sleep to the point in which I can tell you exactly how many hours I sleep each night and how that varies from weeknights to weekends. I use apps that track activity on my work computer to gamify staying on task and increase my email response times…
I am a pretty hardcore productivity enthusiast. I spend hours scouring Lifehacker and Product Hunt for the best email apps. I read books like “Smarter, Better, Faster” for inspiration. I enjoy using shortcuts and hacks. I drink Soylent so I don’t have to spend time finding, buying, or making lunch…
Startups face particular difficulty in the work-life balance debates. Working all the time is such a quintessential American thing to do. Layered on top of the relentless American work ethic, startups require a particular amount of dedication to build and grow. I’ve been working at a startup, General Assembly, for…
I track my work, sleep, activity, and more, partly for curiosity’s sake and partly to better understand where I can find additional efficiencies. I use four main tools:
Spend less than you make. Save for retirement. Keep an emergency fund. Conversations around personal finance management are wrought with one-liner recommendations that generally tell you what to do but don’t tell you how. …
You’ve witnessed this scene before: a bustling co-working space with laptops left open as people grab coffee, chat offline or steps away for ‘just a few minutes.’
What’s wrong with this picture? Too many people leaving sensitive information at far too easy disposal.
While the number of people around (and…
