Category: Productivity

The follow up to Green Day’s American Idiot is 21st Century Breakdown, and as a record, I enjoy it more than American Idiot. While I enjoy individual tune’s from American Idiot more than 21st Century Breakdown, there is one tune that stands out to me and it’s The Static Age. As implied by the title, … Continue reading “The Static Age”

For the past few months, I have been actively working on my mental health. For context, I’ve always been kind of a grumpy guy. When I was younger, I was loud and opinionated. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve chilled out significantly, around other people, but in my own brain I’m as loud as ever and … Continue reading “Private, Not Apolitical”

I have tried just about every “to-do” app under the sun. I’ve used Microsoft To-Do, Reminders, Google’s To-Do feature, Notion, Planner, Miro, old school pen and paper, you name it. I think I’m defaulting to just a blank text file. I like a project manager tools. I like to be public about progress wherever possible. … Continue reading “My Favorite To-Do App Might Be A Blank Text File”

I’ve had this thought kicking around in my head now…probably since early in the Covid-19 pandemic. As so much of the world has transferred into a remote or hybrid work structure, how we communicate has changed dramatically as well. I come to this thought quite frequently, “what should be an email…and what should be a … Continue reading “What Should Be an Email vs. Instant Message”

It’s been a long couple of weeks so I’m taking tomorrow off. I’m fortunate to work somewhere, where I can do that. I’ve actually been very fortunate in that regard, throughout my career. I enjoy the game of “when was the last time I set my out of office”. I always end up surprising myself … Continue reading “Out of Office”

This tweet cropped up this week. It’s a very Twitter tweet. Who was responsible for giving this power? Who is the “we”? What power are we discussing? Getting past the snarky responses that immediately come to me, I know what they mean. I am a morning person. I won’t scream “good morning” at you or … Continue reading “Morning People”

I watched Chris Pirillo’s “Would You Go Back to a Dumb Phone?” video recently and it inspired me to think about my own smartphone usage. Awhile back, I decided that I had enough of my phone pinging all of the time. I set up a profile so that I simply don’t get notifications unless its … Continue reading “The Smartphone”

Like many Americans, a few weeks ago I started working from home. I recognize I am very fortunate to be in a position that allows me to do so and I do not want to overlook that. The company I work for, and the team I am a part of, was able to be agile … Continue reading “The Work From Home Experiment”