Thatch Mound

In order to help me get more done in a week, I’m trying out an upgrade to my basic weekly To Do list. This week I’m trying out a more structured list, where I’ve chosen a specific day for each of the items on the list. Basically it’s daily checklists, but created at [...]

I decided to try something new this week to help with my day-to-day organization. Since I’m trying to split my time among more projects now (I’m up to 4), it’s easy to neglect something that I should be making progress on. So rather than just having a to-do list, I’m also making what [...]

A few weeks ago I talked about my method of making lists to drive productivity throughout the work day. You’ll notice that my lists don’t tend to include any sort of specific schedule, other than “today” or “this week.” One of the results of framing my work days around a to do list [...]

I received the following question in an email from a reader:
What companies host blogs? Any tips or tricks or any roads you traveled and recommend staying away from?
That’s a good question. I’ve been writing blogs and running websites for so long that sometimes I forget that the basic questions like these aren’t obvious to [...]

I’ve learned a few things in the month since I left the safety of a regular paycheck about what tricks work to make me more productive, and what mistakes result in days with little progress.  One of the things that I’ve found really helps me to be more productive is to make to-do lists. At [...]