BlogWhy your workday feels full but leaves no trace
You were busy all day. So why can't you say what you actually did? The gap is usually fragmentation, not laziness.
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Attention, work, and honest reflection.
Short essays on how people actually work — and how to notice the difference between activity and progress.
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Newest firstContext switching is not the enemy. Invisible switching is.
Some switches are how good work happens. The dangerous ones are the ones you never notice you made.
ReadWhy FocusMirror doesn't give you a productivity score
A single number is the most-requested feature we'll never build. Here's the case against it.
ReadFor students: four hours of studying can mean four different things
Same clock, completely different learning. The number on the timer is the least useful thing about a study session.
ReadThe privacy problem with productivity tracking
Most tools that watch how you work are built so someone else can see it. That's a design choice — and it can be made differently.
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