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How to master your to-do list and boost your productivity

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Recently, Al Partridge of iSite Design led a fantastic workshop as part of this month’s Cre8con Camp on ways to boost your productivity. Not surprisingly, mastering the ability to stay productive and focused requires laser-sharp self-discipline and should be treated like a …



Challenge: Get More Done in Less Time

by Guest Author  |  October 25/2012  |  , ,
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This is a guest post by Natasha Vorompiova of SystemsRock. It’s so liberating to live in the technological age—where you can run a thriving business without being bound to one place, provide clients with instant access to your programs and services, and even stay in close …



Sleep 2.0: The promise of productivity

by Sharon Oosthoek  |  May 30/2012  |  , ,
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Doing the work you love can be energizing, but technology is often blamed for keeping us awake long past our bedtimes. Without feeling rested our ability to stay focused, meet a deadline or be alert to issues, can seriously suffer. But help may be on the way. A raft of recently-released sleep apps suggest that …



Good things happen when you’re on the cloud

by Amanda Rappak  |  March 16/2012  |  , ,
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We came across Wired Magazine’s article about a new study finding evidence that cloud computing not only increases productivity but also reduces carbon emissions. That’s big news! The scientists argue that by migrating infrastructure to the cloud, the result is a marked reduction in energy consumption and thus offers you a …



5 Tricks to Building Realistic Summer Schedules

5 Tricks to Building Realistic Summer Schedules

It’s summer! Along with the warmer weather, summer also means packed schedules as invites to family BBQs, kids home from school and all those other little house projects ‘on hold until July’ all start competing for your time. But when your work also remains steady throughout this season, how can you get more done in …



Collaborating without an office Part 2: Habits and strategies

Collaborating without an office Part 2: Habits and strategies

2nd of two guest posts by Ben Hanna, the lead user interface designer of CouchSurfing.org which has no formal office. Part 1 covers their Remote Tool-set. globe - working around the clockI work …



Guest Post: 3 ways to find the 25th hour in your day

Guest Post: 3 ways to find the 25th hour in your day

Guest post by Scott Gerber, author of Never Get a Real Job. There is one thing that every entrepreneur always needs — TIME. Time allows us to sell and build our businesses (and hopefully have a life). But no matter what we do to find more time, it often seems there is never …



Maintaining Chaos

by Corey Reid  |  December 14/2009  |  , ,
Maintaining Chaos

It can seem at times like being part of a small company is just day after day of trying to keep total chaos from overwhelming everything. Things are happening so fast, there’s so much to do and so few hands to do it, that just getting through the day without collapsing seems like an achievement. …



Fresh Faces: Matt & Josh Sears

Fresh Faces: Matt & Josh Sears

Fresh Faces: Real customers share the real benefits of using FreshBooks Littlelines is a small, friendly development team consisting of clean design and top notch coding. Well okay, that’s the text from our homepage. Behind the scenes, we’re …



Productivity Tip: Schedule Meetings With Yourself

Productivity Tip: Schedule Meetings With Yourself

Here is one of the best tips I’ve ever seen: A very useful time-management “trick” I learned while working at Cisco (after facing many long days in which all I did was participate in other people’s meetings back-to-back from 8am to 6pm) is to formally schedule meetings with yourself using Outlook or any …




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