The happiness at work episode. Yay. I’m happy to be at work. Last time we talked about pessimism versus optimism. A closely related subject is happiness...Continue reading

This one’s about optimism and pessimism, and what that has to do with productivity. I and the whole thing is a productivity concern for me....Continue reading

I want to talk about the history of knowledge work productivity. And it’s going to involve a lot of different names. It’s going to involve...Continue reading

I started out talking about the lies of productivity, but I’m going to change to fables because it’s just things we collectively believe without much...Continue reading

Most everybody involved in knowledge work is involved with technology. It’s what we do. We deal in information, so we deal with information technology. We...Continue reading

There’s an article in The New Yorker “What If The Attention Crisis Is All A Distraction” by Daniel Immerwahr. I think the attention problem (if...Continue reading

It’s time to update on philosophy of work; I’ve got some more info for you. A lot of this is going to be review, but...Continue reading

One of the primary uses of information is to help us learn. When we are explicitly learning, we work to collect information. It works the...Continue reading

This episode is about the history of personal information management as viewed through a now ancient technology, PAPER We’ll have a couple of takeaways: One is human...Continue reading

We need a new operating system. We need one that is specifically dedicated to knowledge work. So I’m going to point you to one that already...Continue reading