Tag: Productivity

Pro Tips for Busy Writers: Ben Blackwell
Ben Blackwell provides several pro tips for busy writers in biblical studies. Ben stresses scheduling time both for writing and for rest.
2 September 2019
Daily Gleanings: Knowledge Work (22 August 2019)
Daily Gleanings about the challenges inherent in knowledge work and ways of balancing productive work with healthy engagement in the rest of life.
22 August 2019
Daily Gleanings: Focus (14 August 2019)
Daily Gleanings about focus and Focusmate.
14 August 2019
Daily Gleanings: Software (1 August 2019)
Zotero releases a substantial update to improve cross-compatibility among word processors. Zotero comments, While this conversion process is required to move active citations in and out of Google Docs, you can also use it to move documents between Word and LibreOffice without some of the problems inherent in Bookmarks mode. Zotero also provides step-by-step instructions…
1 August 2019
Daily Gleanings: Thoughts from Freedom (31 July 2019)
Freedom discusses procrastination. The essay comments helpfully on different types and causes of procrastination, as well as some strategies for overcoming it. Freedom interviews Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and a Professor of English at Michigan State University. Commenting on how she nurtures focus for deep work, Fitzpatrick says, I spend that first bit of…
31 July 2019
Daily Gleanings: Freedom (22 July 2019)
Freedom interviews Brian Solis about digital distractions and overcoming them to improve your ability to focus. Solis comments, in part, One big side effect of all this tech-based distraction is a compulsion to multitask. I was surprised to learn just how many negative aspects of multitasking there are. First, let’s cut through one big illusion—it…
22 July 2019