On productivity: tools and good books
ideasI'm obsessed with optimizing repetitive tasks, and picking up knowledge that can be applied both professionally and personally.
Technology
- Zapier — Automate data collection and send out internal reminders to a team. Fun things also possible with Google Calendar and Trello boards.
- Notion — Keep track of everything: immediate to-dos, longer-term projects, documents and archives. Structured data for everyday tasks
- Superhuman — "The fastest email experience ever made." Get through email with keyboard shortcuts for literally everything.
- Spectacle — Resize windows on your desktop with keyboard shortcuts. Combine with Cmd-Tab and multitask like crazy.
Articles
- How to do account planning: a simple approach by Mark Pollard
- Getting Things Done framework by David Allen
- Strategy First. Then Relentless Tactical Execution by Steve Blank
- The Logic of Risk Taking by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Books
- Creative Confidence by IDEO partners David & Tom Kelley
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius