A while back, I wrote about my favorite personal productivity hacks. There I mentioned I’d recently started a “Development Blog” that I use to manage projects and communicate with my clients. In this post, I’m sharing more details about how it works. [Read more...]

This past November, I noticed that I had fallen into a rut. I had several big projects to work on, yet I would often only work on one project each day. I was getting behind, and I wasn’t even making good progress on my one daily project. Typically, I was getting bored and taking too many breaks. I might hit a good work grove only to find that it was time to clock out and end the work day. Something had to change, otherwise each day in the office was going to be an uphill climb against an avalanche of deadlines.

Fortunately, after wasting my time trying a couple of scheduling and productivity tools, I discovered a very simple solution: a hand-written daily schedule. This simple process has given me a 70% productivity boost during the past two and a half months*. Now, I’ll share how this low tech method works and how to implement it in your day. [Read more...]