Tools for Thought

It always warms my heart to see people questioning dominant ideas. Since I’ve been dubbed a “productivity blogger” by Lifehacker, it seems only fitting that I should question my own perceived stock in trade. So here are some ruminations along those lines.
The Alternative Productivity Manifesto. Challenges the sacred cow of productivity as self-development and as [...]

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This week I’ll be finishing up the Pattern Language for Productivity series, making some non-trivial edits to it, and turning it into a PDF for download. I’ll leave the series on the blog as-is — I wouldn’t want to edit it retroactively — so you’ll definitely want to take a look at the e-book version, [...]

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I’ve added a new section for updates from microborg Twitter in the sidebar. Yes, resistance is futile. If you’re interested, click on its heading to follow me, or just click here.
And now for a few favorite dispatches from elsewhere in the blogosphere this week.
Simple Manifesto: Break Free from the Tyranny of the Clock. A different [...]

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