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Productivity · 6 min read

Busyness is Not a Virtue

When you go on about being so busy, you’re often engaging in doublespeak. Here's what busyness really means and why it's not a virtue.

March 21, 2013 · Janet Choi Read article →

Remote work · 2 min read

Collaboration and Communication: The Best of the Internet

Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! We shared our 7 favorite collaboration and communication tools — perfect for adding to any company toolbox, whether your workers are remote or office-assembled. Find out how C2I Intel uses iDoneThis with distributed and overseas teams

March 1, 2013 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 3 min read

Avoiding the Vanity Work Trap

Avoid the vanity work trap by eschewing vanity metrics and ego-boosting but false measures of productivity. It's all about figuring out what really matters.

January 9, 2013 · Janet Choi Read article →

Management · 2 min read

Company Culture: The Best of the Internet

Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! We wrote about Peter Thiel’s unorthodox management philosophy of extreme focus. How important company culture is to Zappos. Using better “behavior design” to motivate, because why we are all basically still four years old. Happiness i

December 7, 2012 · Walter Chen Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

Be a Productivity Ninja!

Some helpful productivity tips from the 7th annual New York Times Small Business Summit in June 2012. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

November 28, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 6 min read

Collaboration is Noisy

When did work become so noisy? I don’t just mean the ambient noise, that clickity-clackity typing, strangely noticeable chewing, annoying finger tapping, and chit-chatting hubbub of an open floor plan office. I’m also talking about the information and social inundation invading our work life, the buzzes and pings, the

September 17, 2012 · I Done This Read article →

Management · 2 min read

Building Company Culture: The Best of the Internet

How iDoneThis aspires to build a product that fulfills a maker’s schedule while meeting the manager’s needs. However you walk the talk is what builds your company culture. And so are your values. How do you give difficult feedback to a team leader? A team-building scavenger hunt that worked. Our glimpse into how PagerD

September 14, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

Aziz Ansari on Finding Your Own Path

Everyone finds their own path. The best advice is to continually work tremendously hard, making amazing things, and be patient. Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari gives some pretty good advice on how to achieve success, no matter what you’re up to. (Photo by Amelia Beamish)

April 11, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

Andrew Zarick, Digital Media Strategist

Andrew Zarick is a digital media expert. Through daily reflection, Andrew has discovered that he gets more done than he otherwise gave himself credit for.

May 5, 2011 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

Audrey Tan Dips the Ink

Audrey Tan, founder of Waggit, has a neat productivity trick she calls “dip the ink" that keeps the work flow going after breaks and interruptions: If a friend asks me to take a coffee break or someone starts hovering at your desk as a sign they want to chat, I…

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Time · 2 min read

Beat the Monday Blues!

Here’s a quick rundown of these tips to beat a case of the Mondays: Studies say happiness is contagious. Go catch some happy from cheerful, morning people. Or if you’re the “Hell is other people at breakfast” type, go catch some happy from some of your favorite music uppers or Hulu/Youtube vids.…

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