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How to plan a working day
Long articles about estimation, focus and capacity. The methods work without our app — that we build one is stated in every article rather than hidden between the lines.
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July 24, 20265 min read
Context switching: what a project switch really costs — and how to do the arithmetic
Multitasking is fast switching in the head, and every switch has a price. This article puts the cost in minutes, explains why three projects in parallel are worse than three in sequence, and gives four measures that actually work.
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- July 10, 20266 min read
Timeboxing: a practical guide, block sizes, and the five mistakes that kill it
Timeboxing means giving work a fixed span instead of an open end. This guide explains how it differs from calendar blocking and pomodoro, gives block sizes for diffe…
TimeboxingFocusDay planningMethod - June 12, 20269 min read
How to plan a working day that survives until 5pm
Most day plans are dead by eleven. Not for lack of discipline, but because they budget time that never existed. This guide shows how to work out your net time, sched…
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