Notes on focus, work, and working well with other people.
5 min readThe Psychology of Body Doubling: Why Watching Others Work Helps You Work
It started as an ADHD coping strategy. The research suggests it helps a much wider range of people than that — including, probably, you.
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5 min readRemote, Hybrid, or In-Person: Choosing Your Focus Environment
The debate usually treats this as one decision for an entire company. It's actually a decision that changes by the task, and sometimes by the hour.
4 min readHow Long It Actually Takes to Get Into Flow
Flow state isn't instant, and knowing the real ramp-up time changes how you should plan a work day.
4 min readDesigning a Morning Focus Ritual
The first twenty minutes of your work day decide more than any productivity app you'll install. Here's how to design them on purpose.
5 min readThe Four-Day Week: What Early Adopters Are Learning
The pilots are past the novelty phase. Here's what's actually holding up, and what companies got wrong on the first try.
4 min readWhy Your Streak Matters More Than Your Hours
A ten-hour day once a month is worse for you than one focused hour every day. The math of consistency isn't intuitive, but it's real.
5 min readAsync by Default: Rethinking the Meeting
The default should be a message, not a meeting. Here's what changes when a team actually commits to that.
4 min readThe Pomodoro Technique, Revisited
Twenty-five minutes and a kitchen timer, invented in the 1980s, still holds up better than most modern productivity systems. Here's why, and how to actually use it.
5 min readWhat Makes a Coworking Space Actually Work
Beanbags and free coffee were never the point. The spaces that actually help people focus share a much quieter set of design decisions.
6 min readDeep Work in the Age of Notifications
Every app on your machine is optimized to interrupt you. Here's how to build blocks of real focus anyway.
5 min readWork Around People, Not With Them: The Case for Parallel Focus
Why simply being near other focused people, with no interaction required, is one of the most reliable productivity tools we have.