Several email plugins that let you schedule sending email later

To manage people’s expectations (e.g. that you don’t work past 5pm, or respond to email after work hours), install a send-it-later plugin for your email client.

Why the light from your smartphone is keeping you up at night, and what to do about it

Exposure to blue light before you go to bed significantly affects your sleep quality, because it prevents your body from releasing melatonin, a chemical in your body that helps you sleep.

This productivity ritual will change how you think about your smartphone

My absolute favorite new ritual: putting my smartphone into airplane mode for 12 hours every day. Here’s why.

Stop organizing your email into folders: Searching your email is way faster (study)

A recent study found that finding email through search is way faster than organizing your inbox into folders.

Cut your email volume in half with Unroll.me

Unroll.me is a free service that rolls up all of your annoying subscription emails into one convenient, daily email.

How to become more productive with Google Alerts

If you don’t have a Google Alert set up for where you work, for your competition, or even for your favorite sports team, you’re missing out.

How to regain control of your inbox by responding to email in batches

Email is a beast that’s hard to wrangle. Scheduling a few times throughout the day where you exclusively answer email (and nothing else) can help you regain control over your inbox.

How to simulate the creative vibe of a coffee shop with ‘Coffitivity’

The ambient hum of a busy coffee shop has been proven to boost productivity and creativity. Coffitivity is web app that simulates that vibe on your computer.

Is your email inbox out of control? Tame it with The Email Game.

The Email Game is a powerful tool that will make you more productive and focused the next time you answer your emails. If you use Gmail and get a lot of email, you should give The Email Game a shot.

6 smartphone keyboard hacks that will make you type faster

If you’re like me, you spend a ton of time typing on your smartphone’s keyboard. Here are six quick smartphone keyboard tricks you should be taking advantage of!

Technology

Technology

10 killer ways to tame your email inbox

Takeaway: 10 killer ways to tame your email inbox: Keep a tally of how many times you check your email every day for a week; keep all of your emails to five sentences or less (and make a note of it in your signature); don’t check for new email...

Pin It on Pinterest