Productivity

Feb. 5, 2010

Stock and Flow

From a blog called Snarkmarket, sorting the 2010 web using economic principles: There are two kinds of quan­ti­ties in the world. Stock is a sta­tic value: money in the bank, or trees in the for­est. Flow is a rate of change: fif­teen dol­lars an hour, or three-thousand tooth­picks a day. Easy. … But I actu­ally [...]

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Jan. 28, 2010

The Importance of Shipping

Seth Godin advises: What you do for a living is ship

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Nov. 6, 2009

“Productivity Stems From Passion”

A poster by graphic designer Frank Chimero. Writers (and other creatives), take note.

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Sep. 21, 2009

A cabin made of hours

“Like so many of the key skills of the writer’s life, the solution [to being distracted by the Internet] comes down to (groan) self-discipline. I came back resolved to break my habit of checking email and the Web (even to handle essential, chore-like tasks) whenever the urge strikes. I’ve converted to the ‘no email before [...]

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Sep. 17, 2009

A Thousand Words a Day

I usually avoid words-per-day quotas, but with a deadline looming I had to try

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Sep. 1, 2009

Edmund Wilson Regrets…

A postcard from the pre-blog era

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Aug. 1, 2009

Makers vs. Managers

All writers are both makers and managers. The trick is to keep the two roles separate.

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Jul. 1, 2009

Capote and Ellison: Blocked or just procrastinating?

What happened to two famous writers who fell silent?

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May. 27, 2009

Writing in the Age of Distraction

Cory Doctorow on getting your work done without quitting the internet cold-turkey.

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May. 22, 2009

A Quote for the Holiday Weekend

“It is a very good plan every now and then to go away and have a little relaxation.… When you come back to the work your judgment will be surer, since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose the power of judgment.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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