I am always looking for ways to increase my productivity both at work and at home. Afterall, at work, the more productive I am, the more value I can produce for my employer (leading to good things like promotions/raises/etc). At home, each minute I save in productivity can be spent elsewhere (sleep, play, drink, eat, relaxation, slaying dragons, taxedermy, creating a human shaped computer)

Here’s 3 easy technological innovations that are HUGE boosters in productivity no matter who you are!

Email on your phone - This is an absolute must.  After you try using email on your phone, you will never go back to not having it.  This will help you be very responsive to email and more aware of what is going on at work.  However, I must warn you that your significant other will probably not like this feature.  The ultimatly means you will be working more but it will work out to your advantage in the long run. Learn how to turn this to your advantage without getting addicted to the drug known as the crackberry and you’ll crush your current productivity level.

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I suppose not everyone in the world yet is sure of what a “reader” or “RSS Feed” is, but damnit – get with the times! (If you already know, just go ahead and skip this post entirely).

For the rest of you, I’m about to teach you how to use an incredibly useful tool that will allow you to really “tune in” to the world(s) you are interested in.

First! Check out this video to avoid reading the paragraph below:

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