Life Hacks

Overclocking Your Productivity

Articles in this series:

Why Those Kids from Podunk Are Keeping You Down from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games
Don't worship successful geeks — emulate 'em. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien

The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work from MAKE: 07: Backyard Biology
Get more done by trying to do less. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien

Death Before Dullness! from MAKE: 06: Robots
How to do boring tasks, or why robot-run dystopias can be fun. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien

Building A Smarter To-Do List from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors
Overclocking your productivity: planning your projects one bit-sized piece at a time. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien

The Paper Chase from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays
Our real challenge today is not to use less paper but to keep less paper. The dead tree version is always better than the digital version. Except for when it isn't. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien

And Miles to Code Before I Sleep from MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween
How to hack your circadian rhythm: reboot to get more done. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien

Focus from MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment
Boost your productivity by embracing procrastination. Or, why your web browser needs a hypothalamus. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien

Yak Shaving from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere
Stuck in the middle of a stack of stuff you're supposed to do? Sharpen your wool clippers, and stop getting distracted by the pointless activities which surround any serious problem--unless you want to, that is. by Merlin Mann, Danny O達rien