We like to think we're in control of our behaviour, our communication, and—perhaps most of all—our thoughts. And while that's generally true, there are some things that happen subconsciously, which we can't completely control. Cognitive biases are...
We all want to get more done, and these days the default approach seems to be to simply work more hours. But, counterintuitively, this is actually the worst approach. Working more only helps up to a point. Eventually you'll hit a state of diminishing...
Every week I write up to three new articles like this one. And every week I struggle to find the motivation to get started on each article. On Sunday night I make my to do list for the week ahead, and think about how quickly I'll get to work on this...
In the Agile world, there’s an effort to move away from estimates in hours towards estimating in story points, often using a Fibonacci sequence. The idea is that the larger a story is, the more uncertainty there will be around it and the estimates...
Planio is now integrated with DeployHQ.com. To mark the new integration, I set up a flow for automatic deployments of repositories in Planio to Uberspace using DeployHQ. In my fictional case, we’re building a new website for the Tasty Design Agency...
Every day you answer IT queries from users, but you’re starting to think there has to be a better way. First of all, you also have other things to take care of, and second, you have the sneaking suspicion that the problem is getting worse by the day...
Ok, you know how web developers, well, develop websites? It’s easy to assume that once the experts are done developing their website, work’s done. Sure, you need to do server maintenance every now and then, but other than that, you’re done. Right?...
You see the whiteboard covered with tiny little cards arranged in columns below? You’re looking at a Kanban board. And it might just change everything about how you work. Kanban originated in the 1950s when Toyota revolutionized how they manufactured...
In my first job out of college, I read a book called “Getting Things Done”. The book unleashed a massive wave of inspiration in me. I had visions of being a relentless executive, churning through new initiatives at a furious rate. So, I got religion...
Employees regularly cite the option of working remotely as something they’d love. In fact, 80-90% of U.S. workers say they’d like to work from home at least part of the time. At the same time, not all companies favor remote work. Yahoo famously banned...