Posts Tagged ‘downtime’

10 Ways To Be Productive in 10 Minutes

Most of my free time, except when I'm doing it on purpose, tends to come in short blocks. I rarely have 2 hours free, but might, over the course of a work day, have those same two hours in twelve ten-minute bursts.I realized recently that, for the most part, I waste all of this free time. Since it's such a short period of time, it seems to not strike me… Continue reading

July 13 2009 | By David | Tagged: downtime, efficiency, schedule, spare-time, time, work | 33 comments»

How to Deal When Your Favorite Application Goes Down

I use a lot of free online services every day, along with a few applications I downloaded from the web. There are a few that I really can't get any work done without: all my email goes to Gmail, I use Scribefire to write each of my blog posts and I'm constantly using Twitter to do research. I particularly like web-based applications because I can switch computers… Continue reading

February 19 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: downtime, service, web application | 5 comments»

The Importance of Scheduling Downtime

You probably read this blog because you want to get more done each day. But do you want to become more productive so that you can maintain a better work-life balance, or so that you can fill up your newly freed hours with more work? Sometimes the importance of downtime gets relegated to the sidelines, and we forget that optimal productivity cannot occur without it.You need to rest mind for… Continue reading

August 25 2008 | By Joel | Tagged: downtime, recreation, relaxation | 9 comments»