Third month into the year, it's time to look back on the progress we've made on our yearly goals. Hint: only a fool keeps doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. It's not just about pushing yourself harder — when you don't succeed with your goals, change the approach.
Most communication in companies should happen asynchronously. How can anyone get anything done when everyone is constantly distracted? That, and: 1) Batching related or small tasks 2) Mark your most important tasks as Frogs and filter based on that 3) Finding focus when working on a larger project 4) And more pro tips ;)
Wearing more than one hat makes planning work across the week (and from week to week) hard. Here's how we try to do it, and keep often conflicting priorities balanced and in check.
Radek made people angry on the internet and Michael tried to be funny. The insights you gain by reading lots of books. More stuff about nutrition. (Why isn't there consensus about this?) Michael's successes with his morning routine. Weekly weigh-in. Milk. iTunes reviews. 10 seconds of space corner. Follow-up and a grab bag of small topics.
Some things are bad, but provide instant gratification. Some things are good, but don't. If you want to create better habits, you have to create an environment where doing the right thing is as effortless as possible. You have to optimize and work around your monkey brain's weaknesses. (Why Radek signed up for a gym, strategies for making this stick, social running, weekly review as a habit, and morning routines.)
Radek read "Why We Get Fat" and now his 20kg weight loss makes a whole lot more sense to him. Michael just nods along.
9th birthday of Nozbe = version 3.0 + new logo + new design + tears of joy. That topic that was going to be today? Well, it will have to wait another week.
SpaceX corner, and a bunch of follow-up on making, reviewing, and achieving goals. (And journaling, and weight loss...) Plus a sneak peak into Nozbe 3.0.
2015 in review and how NOT to make New Year's resolutions.
Radek signed up for a gym. And he doesn't like gifts. And USB causes radio interference. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!
Why you should be doing Weekly Review, a scheduled meeting with yourself. (It's like flossing!) Also: ergonomics follow-up, RF corner, and the first edition of Hosts' Picks.
Micheal bought a Tesla! Well, one unit of TSLA stock. Still! Continuing our conversation on workspace ergonomics (chairs, desks, and working while standing). Some philosophizing on buying only the best. And what we've learned after half a year of podcasting!
A random bag of topics: landing rockets, Black Friday, tech Thanksgiving, WiFi corner, Tokyo, ergonomic keyboards, pricing models.
Radek's trip to London, going #iPadOnly, navigating with an Apple Watch, internal Android—iOS competition at Nozbe, iPad Pro, Nozbe public templates, and why we can't ship an iOS update.
More Apple Watch use cases, noise-cancelling headphones, Michael's new level of internet fame, Nozbe templates… Earthquakes, armed robberies, and the iPad Pro. Crazy times indeed.
Answering listener questions (what would happen if our team was spread across many time zones far apart?). Design thinking behind the new Nozbe Complication. Questioning (again!) whether or not Apple Watch is a useful and compelling device to have. Fun fact: the chances of getting struck by an asteroid are 1 in 200 000
WiFi issues (episode 666), Michael's trip to the UK, Tesla, Elon Musk, Hello Internet podcast and Starbucks hotstoppers (or lack thereof), virtual-turn-real friendships, automation in Nozbe dev team, the pain of fresh iOS and El Capitan installations, Nozbe's upcoming redesign in version 2.5, and Apple Watch complications. Full of smooth segues and unsophisticated cliffhangers.
Following up from the last episode, we discuss why it's important to complain, have strong opinions weakly held, and why we sometimes design things to be harder to use (for a greater good).
More tools and meetings we use at Nozbe to collaborate and organize ourselves. In this episode: company wiki, Dropbox, version planning meeting, and the Design Fight. Warning: high content of Michael's enthusiasm ("we love each other, we love this meeting, we love being prepared for it")
Let's face it: most meetings suck. Meetings can be a useful tool for collaboration, but they have to be done right. This week we explore how we used to suck at meetings, and how we changed them over time to be more useful.
Part two of our "how we work" series. This week, we talk tools: software we use to communicate, collaborate, and organize ourselves. We also go into detail of how we use those tools (including our own). Spoiler alert: email isn't one of them.
Recording live from a company reunion, Michael and Radek discuss what they've learned over the past week and how that will influence their product in the upcoming months.
We get back to discussing productivity and how we do our work. Michael explains why he got into working from home and argues that more companies should adopt it. Turns out, you don't have to be introverted to enjoy remote work.
Michael has 5 iPads (seriously!) and treats them as work devices. Radek thinks that's crazy. Will iPad Pro change how people work?
Tesla Model X and Model 3. How Tesla is (not) disrupting car sales. Some speculation on Apple's September 9 event (which has already happened by now). More grumbling about iOS bugs (and our own).
More thoughts on transportation, EV-s, autonomous cars. The work-life imbalance of Elon Musk. Brief digression on rockets and space exploration.
Thoughts on Elon Musk, Tesla, Uber, and the future of transportation.
Follow-up on productivity, Michael's blog post templates, organizing your thoughts with journaling, hate mail, and how business models influence work environment.
Radek reveals the limits of his productivity to his boss.
