This is a collection of software-engineering specific productivity tips that have helped me increase my code output. The more general “only check email twice per day” type tips have been well covered elsewhere so I’ll skip ‘em.
This post is from my new Meta blog! It’s a new series of posts about topics that are not directly related to Swift, but instead more about working as a software developer in general. While it won’t be a weekly thing (like my main Swift blog), through this I’m hoping to be able to share more of my…
We are not content with our individual sphere. We desire to be known and felt outside…
From miscommunications to productivity hacks.
I had offices at IBM and Apple, where I was able to get deep work done. The unspoken rule was:
If you’re like us, your calendar is right up there with email and team chat as one of the most important…
In tennis, an unforced error is a play where you make a mistake that is entirely your own doing, as opposed to your adversary pressuring you with an impressive shot. When I’ve committed unforced errors in tennis, sometimes they avalanche into an unravelling…
Time is likely holding you back
Volume 61 - five minute read
In the old days of my first attempts to plan my work ahead instead of simply following the…
Every day for the last 2 months, not a day go by that I don’t stumble upon an…
Multipotentialite is a person of strong intellectual or artistic curiosity who excel in two or more…
Keyboard has become a necessary application for Android. When you chat with your friends in Facebook or decide to purchase some goods in Amazon on your mobile device, what you did first? Typing.
I recently discovered that I love writing. Obviously, that doesn’t mean that I write spectacular prose. The…
I can’t think of something more unproductive than sitting down and pondering the same…
When I had the idea of writing a NaNoWriMo log, I thought of it as a space to share good…
Moving forward by Thinking backwards
I know how this sounds, you’re probably asking yourself “how can i move forward if i think backwards?” but Thinking…
The subject of faith is known to generate high emotions because many can’t fully comprehend its significance…
This can be applied to any goal but I will lean more about the business side, starting a new business or a new…
For the past couple weeks I’ve been practicing transcendental meditation. It was taught to me as a benefit from my job, and it’s been a really nice experience so far.
CEDAE utilizará novo sistema online de monitoramento de qualidade da água durante as Olimpíadas.
A CEDAE começou semana passada inspeções para instalar novos equipamentos de monitoramento de qualidade da água que irão operar 24 horas online. Com o novo sistema, que…
Note: I found this in my drafts when looking for something else. I don’t know when or why I wrote this.
They’re rarely physical notes. My pen never finishes, and my pens and pencils rarely get missing. I rarely finish physical books, jotters or papers, but I always keep notes. I have a bundle of new pens I bought when I didn’t take one out, only to get back home and throw it in the bundle to…
My high school English teacher, Mrs. Goffin, helped me fall in love with words. She tested her classes…
There is always a lot of things happening in my house.
I’m a married, Dad of five girls aged between two and thirteen. The girls attend three different schools, two do sailing, two do gymnastics. We’re halfway through the rennovation…
How can more play time will lead you to achieve more.
Logged into Basecamp thinking that it be great if something like this was possible in basecamp and there it was. Great addition, loving it and already using it.
One small addition to it (I am sure you guys must already be thinking about it) is the ability to assign all tasks of a group to a team member.
Perhaps. I do appreciate intelligence, but I find a growth mindset far superior, which is what I was hinting at.
I think if we focus too heavily on intelligence it can sometimes lead to a fixed mindset.
Because everyone has the same 24 hours.
And watching TV shows ain’t bad either. It depends on your priorities. If what you want to accomplish is achieved then you can watch 40 hours per week…
Self-control is tiring. Have you ever cheated when on a diet, overspent on an impulsive purchase or overreacted…
6 Ways To Take Back Your Life As A Young Nigerian Doctor .( Part 2)
These are six unconventional ways to own your life back as a young medical doctor in…
You’ve heard it before — “win the morning, win the day”. But have you practiced it. What are your morning habits? Are you an early riser or a…
Check out Kurator. Its combines the functionality of OneTab and Evernote.
With one click it scrapes information of the page, let’s you add comments and tags and then store it in a folder of your choice.
Folders have a list and preview window, so you can see you comments and filter them per column.
I found this graphic to be just at the right level — from here, I can decide to explore my favorites in greater detail!
Lately, I’ve been putting effort into waking up earlier than usual. That extra hour in the morning gives me time to sit down…
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I identify with those who cry foul at the asserted correlation of morning overachievers. I have read the recommendations of “If you do these things (habits of the wealthy), you too will create wealth. “
Pursuing my own creative side-projects can be a struggle for me. I have trouble…
I’ve always worked spontaneously and fast, at painting school one of my teachers once said, do you drive as fast as you paint? too much thinking is detrimental to the creative.
Traveling a lot surely is exhausting for all of us nomads, which makes it even more of a struggle for us to wake…
Perfect timing with this article, as I’ve been examining how to increase quality content. I just purchased an iPad pro and began experimenting with Procreate as a way to produce my cartoons more quickly. But I like the idea of a timer while working. Gonna try that!
Yes indeed!
At the bottom of this post will be my current goals, I think I’ll be formatting my posts like this for a…
If I haven’t worked in a company that treated e-mail as a collaboration tool, I would be surprised that it’s still possible in 2017.
Everyone wants to improve themselves, learn new skills, and develop a promising future. For the past year or so I’ve been attempting to do this in a systematic…
Event management industry is an industry full of responsibilities, punctuality, and juggling multiple tasks at a time. Any event manager would wish that his event is a big success not only in terms of money but also in terms of having fun and spreading…
Faster waysallow you to be efficient while cabinet drawer ensuring that your files are arranged and maintained. Instead of copying word files and other files to your desktop, produce yourself a shortcut for it. This reduces the…
Mentioning external storage drives.it is important that you back your devices up frequently. I know that supporting takes some time, in some cases it feels like it takes permanently; however it is important to the future of your organisation and your…
The soundtrack looks amazing Emma P, especially when it begins. After a while though, it started taking me through ups and downs of imagination. I have found that sounds — among other things — are often not simply a background for me. I can never help but immerse myself in them. They are associated with incidents — some experienced in person, others…
Priorities
Seven: Arrange something that you never discover time to obtain around to. Designate a specific time to arrange that file cabinet drawer, clean out your desk, tidy off those shelves, or tidy up that closet. Sometimes merely beginning the job is enough to get you inspired enough…
i choose morning walk because it is very important for our health, morning walk is very good habit, i thing if any person who has a habit of morning walk no one can defeat him there are many advantages of morning walk
i do not get up early in morning and whole day i do not feel fresh or in university i do not feel easy to…
We love to see stories about how companies are performing and this article is an great example of that! Thanks for writing this!
The next thing that you are going to wish to do is to discover yourself a stool where you can put your feet. This should be something that is a little bit lower than your chair. Because…
My partner's stuff consists of weights, hockey gear, books, computer system gizmos and equipment and clothing. Then we have kids stuff such as bedding, toys, clothes. My hubby's stuff and the kids' stuff all have locations to go. I have…
