Last week I got an itch to dig more into mechanical keyboards. For those that don’t know what a “mechanical keyboard” is, they’re essentially the loud “clicky” keyboards you’ve seen in the past, and they’re amazingly popular. People are often able to type more quickly and accurately on them, which can add up to big […]
Productivity
Track your habits with Habitbull
I’m the kind of guy that likes to track things. We have many systems at GreenMellen for tracking work and progress, I wear a FitBit to track my steps, I have a GPS watch to track my runs, etc. However, there are a lot of other habits that I could track, so I started looking […]
Type faster with a text expander
Text expanders have been around for a long time, but I’ve only recently started playing with them again. What is a text expander? It’s a way to turn keyboard shortcuts (or short special phrases) into longer blocks of text, saving you a lot of keystrokes and a lot of time. Chrome While there are many […]
If you’re going to delete an email eventually, just delete it now
I talk about the concept of inbox zero quite a lot on this blog. The idea is simple; get your email inbox emptied every day by properly dealing with. You don’t necessary need to do everything that your inbox is asking for, but at least address them all. This post explains the idea in a […]