Don’t Let AI Anywhere Near Inbox, Calendar or Tasks

Yes I know this headline may sound counter-intuitive, why should I not let AI save me tons of  time and energy?  In case you missed out on the story that went viral this week – here’s Meta AI security officer, Yue Summer,  trying to control the AI agent that flipped out inside her Email that she had […]

Tool Review: Feedly-Mini

Are you a knowledge worker with a need for content curation of videos, articles & podcasts? I have been an avid user of Pocket,  but sadly it recently shutdown.  After trying out several new tools including Reader, I ended up sticking with  Feedly-Mini , that is a part of the Feedly,  my #1 app for RSS feeds. However, […]

Text Replacement Tools / Snippets

A-Text Windows PC

Text snippets are shortcuts that work across apps and can be used to quickly input emails, responses, or frequently used phrases.  Once set, typing the shortcut will suggest the expanded text, which you can tap to insert. Main use cases for use of text replacement tools #1 – when we often type the same phrases  […]

Keep In Mind: The Human Time-Bias You Want To Work Around

November is a time in which knowledge workers around the world are buzzing with tasks overload, attempts to foster AI while keeping an eye on mental and physical health under a growing amount of pressure and stress. That is why there’s no better time to be reminded of one of our brain time-bias that all […]

Gain Clarity with Lean & Tidy Taskbar

I care about keeping my digital interface lean, clean, tidy and neat.  Why? because just like when we walk into the kitchen – before we cook we must first clean the counter, clear the sink and dishes.  Otherwise cooking isn’t as efficient. fun or tasty. Same goes for our PC, desktop, mobile, ipad or smart-watch.  […]

Managers Pursuit Of Boredom

I recently read a fantastic article titled “ The Only True Goal is Boredom” . Here’s a quote: “…The truly high-status move in 2025 might be the ability to sit in a room doing absolutely nothing…  but here’s where we hit the paradox: you can’t pursue boredom directly…It’s about creating the conditions where boredom can […]

5 Must-Know Windows  Keyboard Shortcuts

There are endless keyboard shortcuts , but most of us will only use just an essential few. Here is my shortlist for Windows keyboard shortcuts: Press Windows Key + V :Pop-ups your daily clipboard. Everything you copy on 1 work day will be saved and available until computer is shut down OR exceeds more than […]

Product Review: MyMind

MyMind – A (very) Visual Capturing Tool MyMind is a beautifully designed visual capturing tool with smart AI functionalities, that is designed to work in a free-flow and scattered state of mind, just like our own minds work. Main features include: • Smart bookmarking – whenever you capture a website –you’d see its thumbnail and […]

Quick Capture Add-Ons For Outlook & Gmail Users

Quick Capturing Add-On’s For a Swift & Effective Work Flow Outlook Users:A great add-on that sits on your browser and allows you to quickly add tasks and pieces of information (links, pics, docs) to your outlook TO-DO.   For Gmail Users – Download 1 or Both Extensions: “Send to Google Tasks”enables to capture link and […]

AI and the 4-Day-Work-Week

“Who’s going to benefit from all that increased productivity??” This is what Senator Sanders is asking in the video below.  If AI is about to make all of us A LOT more productive, what will we, ordinary workers, gain out of that increased productivity?    That is why the public debate over a 4-day-work-week, must […]

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