RIP Productivity Apps
Digital tools designed to enhance our productivity and help us manage information have proliferated over the past two decades. These tools are great for tracking and executing tasks, but less helpful when it comes to figuring out what work we should be doing in the first place.
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
I've spent the last three months bouncing between Apple Notes, Notion, and Craft—and I convinced myself it was productive work.
It wasn't.
This is sophisticated procrastination. We feel busy researching features and designing elaborate systems, but we're not actually creating anything with our notes.
The research on context switching is brutal.... See more
It wasn't.
This is sophisticated procrastination. We feel busy researching features and designing elaborate systems, but we're not actually creating anything with our notes.
The research on context switching is brutal.... See more
Stop Switching Notes Apps
You don’t need more productivity hacks and tools that, rather than help you be more productive, clash with each other, add to your life’s complexity, and make you feel overwhelmed.