productivity's archives
Have a Break – Have a Nap
(click and rate it)
Loading ...I hope you manage to fit in some relaxation over the Christmas break. Life seems more and more frenetic, which means breaks and pauses are all the more appreciated when they do happen. A chance to recharge the mental batteries; to connect with friends and family and to reflect on the year that was. As [...]
A Little Bit of Philosophy Really Does Make You Smart
(Click and rate it!) Loading ...This is a follow up from a post in February of this year – A little bit of philosophy makes you smart… – about the effect of teaching primary school children thinking skills.
10 Tips To Gain You a Better 08
(click and rate it) Loading ...This is my 100th post and it is also the first anniversary of the WOWNDADI blog. It is only the 12th of December, but I’ve already been scooped on the first end of year review post for 2007, in my RSS feeds that honour goes to Chris Garrett for his great post on the 80/20 [...]
Blocking FaceBook Manages What?
(Click and rate it!) Loading ...Computer Weekly arrived in my inbox today, with the front page nearly all about businesses blocking access to Facebook, because of employees time-wasting. I am sure they have run this story before, but I was more provoked by it this time around. For background, I have worked both in companies that would definitely block Facebook [...]
5 Ways to Reduce the Stress of Choice
(click and rate it) Loading ...As I was saying, too much choice can lead to too little happiness, but the psychology can be turned around. Thank you Melanie for the recent great comment, your “so this is progress” post nails so many of today’s technology overload issues on the head. Technology should make us more productive and efficient, not less. [...]
Too Much Choice – Too Little Happiness
(click and rate it) Loading ...These Things Come in Threes Three things in two days. First, I loose contact with my phone. Second, my MacBook Pro dies. Then, in a third and final twist, traffic on the blog increased by 2000% (yes, two thousand) and I get locked out of WordPress. Coincidence? Of course. I got a free lesson in [...]
Twitter – Trick or Tweet?
(click and rate it) Loading ...OK, it is well past Halloween, but I’ve only just really started to get to grips with Twitter. Writing about Twitter is fairly binary, either it is going to be old news to you or you will be going ‘what is Twitter?’. If you’ve heard of it, you will either be loving it or hating [...]
