This November, Google will finally launch Stadia, their new video game product. Stadia is much different than other video game systems (like Xbox and PlayStation) and has the potential to be a lot better. Stadia isn’t a normal gaming system that you buy; it’s a service that you subscribe to and the games stream to […]
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Google Family Link is finally ready for prime time
Google first released Family Link a few years ago, as a way to help parents monitor their kid’s devices. However, it had a few issues: When it first came out, you could only monitor new Google accounts. If your kids already had an account, like ours did, they simply couldn’t added. Later, they added the […]
Busyness vs Clutter
A few days ago, a friend of Facebook posted a screenshot of their computer desktop and it was total chaos, with hundreds of folders and files filling the screen. She was proud of how busy she was, and I don’t doubt it, but it got me thinking about the intersection of busyness and clutter. I […]
Three lesssons from Before Breakfast
A few weeks ago, a new podcast came out called Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam. It’s a short (5 min), daily podcast to give you “productivity advice that will take your day from great to awesome.“ It’s been really interesting for me. Most days I think “that episode was a nice reminder of x”, but […]