Mode-Based Work

Most people don’t think of their work in terms of context. Instead, we tend to work by project. And breaking the habit of working by project is difficult. But it can be done…with the right contexts.

The following is a guest post by Harry Guinness. Harry is a web designer, photographer, publisher, entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and International Man of Mystery. He’s also a fan of self-experimentation (to the occasional dismay of his family and friends) and skill acquisition. You can find him over at his website (where this post was originally

There are certain things that I do when I post a piece that are easy. One thing is finding an image at SXC.HU and attributing it accordingly thanks to a TextExpander snippet I’ve got prepared in advance that allows me to simply fill in the URL and creator of the image. Another is socially sharing

This is a guest post by Euan Semple. Euan is an international speaker, author of Organizations Don’t Tweet – People Do, and is one of the few people in the world who can turn the complex world of the social web into something we can understand and at the same time learn how to get

This week on Mikes on Mics, Schechter and I welcomed guest Shawn Blanc to the show. The topic was focus, and it really got me to thinking about a few things (which is funny, considering that Shawn said that a lot of his ideas for his posts come from his thoughts on his members-only “near

I’ve noticed lately that due to my propensity to schedule “heavy lifting” days and “light lifting” days that the heavy ones seemed to be getting heavier and the light ones not all that much lighter. When that happens, there’s the danger of burnout — and I’ve felt on the edge of it for the past

The idea of putting all of your emails into a filter that brings them into a single email account has been widely lauded by many over the years. It means you only need to go to one place to check email, allowing you to get through your email that much quicker. Or so it seems.

We all come up against a wall every now and then. There just seems to be something stopping us from moving forward, and in some cases we can’t quite put our finger on it. It’s frustrating. You stare at your list of tasks and can’t move at all. You’re stuck in what I call “task

I’ve discussed standing desks before, and while I continue to praise the idea of them I have definitely changed how I incorporate one into my workspace. In fact, at the end of last year I went on the lookout for a new workstation that would meet the following criteria: Allow me to stand or sit