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The productivity paradox
Why doing more in less time doesn’t work While re-reading an old James Baldwin essay in the New Yorker, I fell into a trance. With each passing paragraph I felt my soul being recharged. And while most of this is to do with...
Coffee & Power: A guide to finding the perfect remote workspace on the road
Good Coffee. Good Wi-Fi. And Plugs. The impossible combination. We traveled a lot this past year for CloudDevs, hitting many major cities including New York, Boston, San Francisco, and London. While traveling, one of our biggest challenges was always finding good...
What is human-centered design, really?
4 key principles for getting to know the person using your product While the word ‘empathy’ may be getting played out on design and business blogs, the idea itself is far from a recent trend. The ability to slip into the...
10 guiding principles for doing your best work this year
Greatness takes more than just hard work. How do we make sure we’re not just doing good work, but doing work that has the potential to be truly great? Edison said that genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. Newton said...
How to regain focus and increase your working memory in 3 steps
How a few simple exercises can make us smarter, more alert, and better decision makers How many times have you tried to focus on a single, important task, only to have your mind feel like a pinball machine? No matter...
The science of why ‘underpromise and overdeliver’ doesn’t always work
How do you compete when expectations are already sky high? Underpromise and overdeliver. It’s a common saying in business, preached as some of the best advice by many companies (including ours), as a way to win over customers by not only meeting...
