Posts tagged productivity

Don’t be afraid of your Freedom

Yesterday, Lifehacker featured a free Mac OS application called Freedom. You specify a time period and the program then shuts off your network connectivity until it elapses. I heard about it here and the Daily Telegraph has published a link to it too. Pretty simple, isn’t it? But is it useful? Not everyone thinks so. [...]

Why you should work from home more often

I’m lucky to have an employer with a sensible telecommuting policy – all of our staff are entitled to spend one day per week working from home. If this isn’t something your company does, this column from the Economist provides a useful summary of the reasons why they should. The benefits of telecommuting are realised [...]