If you asked me anytime in the past few years about whether I thought quantity or quality was more important, I would have said hands down, quality. With the internet making it easier than ever for more people to create and share their work, there...
Working in the tech industry, I know networking is important. I've seen a whole host of benefits from the networking I've done in the past, including: Finding new clients as a freelancer Finding a new full-time job Help with spreading the word...
When you're focusing on being more productive, producing better work, and motivating your team, it's easy to forget to celebrate successes along the way. The small wins, in particular, tend to go unnoticed unless we make a conscious effort to savor...
You probably know if you're a night owl or a morning lark—or somewhere in-between. We all have an internal body clock that runs slightly differently, meaning we're more alert and productive during a particular time of day, and prefer to sleep during...
We spend a considerable amount of our lives looking forward to our spare time. We watch the clock during the workday, we count down the days until our next holiday, we look forward to Friday nights and dread Monday mornings. But despite our yearning...
Take Pam. She’s a back-end developer at a startup revolutionizing the pet industry by creating robot dog sitters for the highflying pet owner. It’s exciting stuff that has the potential to endlessly entertain pets everywhere. A quick recap of her...
This is a guest post from Userlike, which lets you add live chat to your website or app. We use (and recommend) Userlike ourselves at Planio. So you've got your project plan set up. Now it's just down to the execution. Easy, right? Actually, that...
When people accept awards they tend to thank a few sets of people every time: friends and family, colleagues, people who gave them the opportunities that led to winning the award, and their mentors. Whether it's a teacher they had years ago, or...
If you've been to a hackathon before, you'll know there's something special about the atmosphere. It's the same for those times when you catch up with a group of friends to work together, or head to a café when you need to buckle down and get some...
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...