• Three productivity improvements I expect to see in 2022

    Three productivity improvements I expect to see in 2022
    Disclosure: the companies mentioned are clients of the author.Most of the companies I cover have reported productivity improvements in 2021 because of people working from home. These same companies also admit privately that work/life balance and collaboration have suffered during the pandemic — to the point that when people return to the office, they’re increasingly uncomfortable there. This flies against the trend of converting office buildings into in-person meeting spaces; employ
  • 8+ useful tips for Notes on iPhone, iPad, Mac

    8+ useful tips for Notes on iPhone, iPad, Mac
    Do you use Apple’s Notes app? While it remains limited to iPhones, iPads, and Macs, it has become an incredibly useful tool that even boasts some collaboration features to help work in teams.Juggling too much at once? Notes can help
    Apple has iterated Notes over the years and has made some useful productivity-boosting enhancements in its most recently released operating systems. (Aside: QuickNotes is of huge value, too.)Notes today is a powerful iCloud-synced service packed with feat
  • The smart way to switch to a new Android phone

    The smart way to switch to a new Android phone
    Ah, a new phone. Isn't there just something strangely special about that moment of opening up a box, peeling off the protective plastic, and powering up a pristine pocket-computer for the very first time?Unfortunately, after that fantastical startup animation finishes, reality usually sets in — and you realize you're in for a long, exhausting journey of copying stuff over, setting things up, and trying to get your fancy new phone to look and act the way you want.To be fair, moving from on
  • How to inspire holiday cheer remotely

    How to inspire holiday cheer remotely
    Holiday parties, home baked goodies at the coffee bar, and cubicles decked with boughs of holly are a few of the workplace amenities that make it fun to go to the office at this time of year. Sadly, most of us will be celebrating remotely again.We’ve have had a lot of time to learn how to make the distributed workplace more human, though, so I turned to my network on Qwoted to see what businesses are doing to put a spring in the step of their pandemic-weary colleagues. Perhaps you’l
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