In defense of distraction: the yang to your type-A yin

attentionThe irony of a 7-page arti­cle on our col­lec­tive attention-span going down the tubes with our meds and arti­fi­cial sweet­en­ers is not lost on me.  Nev­er­the­less.  I hon­estly and truly read this whole arti­cle, straight through, with­out ever check­ing twit­ter, FB, email, or ran­domly glanc­ing at […]

Advice for Controlling Email Onslaught

How do you do it?!
Inquir­ing minds want to know!

A top 5 list from the web­site of my per­sonal pro­duc­tiv­ity guru Mr. Mer­lin Mann.  These are some easy and quick tips for improv­ing the qual­ity of our email com­mu­ni­ca­tion.  Humankind has had roughly 10,000 years to mas­ter the writ­ten word, and we’ve had maybe 20 years to […]

Mac tips: Navigate and highlight text using the keyboard

Apple Modifier Keys

We spend a lot of time on the com­puter in text-based appli­ca­tions like Mail and Word. Switch­ing your right hand back and forth between the key­board and mouse to select things or move the cur­sor can really slow you down when you are feel­ing the flow. So for […]

Basics: The Application Switcher is your friend.

app-switcherOften­times, while deep in the throes of work­ing at the com­puter, you may look up at your screen to find you have 12 emails open, 3 Word doc­u­ments, an Excel spread­sheet or two, 4 web browser win­dows, 88 stick­ies all plas­tered willy-nilly and good­ness knows what else! This can make […]