I'm a big proponent of using focus hacks when you need to buckle down and get work done and most of those rely on some route to going distraction-free and engaging in what's known as deep work. When ...

It's hardly a revelation that we're living in an era of distraction and smartphone addiction. Our phones interrupt us, hijack ...

August 19, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Focus Friend is a Pomodoro timer app that gives you a cute little bean to look at. The app comes with custom ...

Microsoft is betting that a little Spotify streaming could help sharpen your mind. The Verge reports that product chief Panos Panay has previewed a Focus Sessions feature in Windows 11 that uses ...

TickTick is a robust productivity app that got its start in 2013, and it's built to be used with the Pomodoro and Eisenhower Matrix techniques. If you're tired of messy lists and feeling like you're ...

As important as it is to stay focused on the daily duties we all face, there’s a tsunami of distractions that divert our attention. Social media, email, and more can be a siren song, ensuring that a ...

A few days ago, Microsoft hype man Panos Panay tweeted an interesting new feature coming to Windows 11 that wasn’t part of the official announcement (nor was it present in any of the preview builds so ...

Much of the world’s workforce drowns itself daily in futile tasks. The top ones include neurotically checking and responding to emails and engaging with social media feeds. These actions can cause ...

Recently, I came across an interesting argument/opinion: We get no more than 1 to 3 hours of deep focus time each day. That is, our ability to truly get our heads into a project or task and achieve a ...