Over the past year, we’ve quietly worked on Lifeline, a new Saent application for macOS. We’re now opening an early access program for the app. Lifeline helps you develop an optimal daily working rhythm based on the Pomodoro Technique®. The app helps you focus and ensures you take sufficient breaks, so you can experience productive,… Continue reading
Most productivity and time-management methodologies help us deal with information overload. How to organize data, which tasks to prioritize, what to work on next, projects to delegate to others, and so on. While these skills are essential, our age of everything, all the time requires an approach that deals with an additional set of challenges…. Continue reading
Imagine this: you’re headed for the supermarket to buy groceries. You plan to spend $25 on a bunch of tomatoes, fresh juice, a bottle of wine, and half a loaf of bread. Somehow nothing goes according to plan. You end up spending $150 (!) on bananas, diapers, champagne, and, indeed, half a loaf of bread. Oh,… Continue reading
Find calm, do great work, and live a fulfilling life. That’s what Saent is all about. Our newest product—a desktop application for macOS called Saent Lifeline—helps you achieve these goals. “The modern workplace is sick.” – It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy At Work Inspired by two books I recently read (It Doesn’t Have to… Continue reading
We’re working on something new, a macOS application called Lifeline. An important component of this new software is taking sufficient breaks, and in this article I’ll explain why. Work less, do more Working 50+ hour weeks is counter-productive. Research shows chronic overwork leads to more mistakes, diminishing output, and health issues. So why do we… Continue reading
It’s becoming increasingly clear that many of the big technology companies—especially social media giants—are fighting for our attention. The more time spent on their digital property, the more ads they can sell. A war for your attention is the name of the game. Some—me included—suggest to solve this problem with… technology! Many people balk at… Continue reading
Many productivity experts recommend planning your next day the evening before. It allows you to “hit the ground running.” For me this doesn’t work. When I reach the end of my day, my mind is exhausted. Not in a negative way, but more like how your body feels after finishing a run or workout; a… Continue reading
If you’re experiencing issues logging in to the Saent desktop app on Windows, you can download the below update. A few words of caution: This is not yet an official release as we need more people to try it out to make sure it’s stable. The login problem had to do with an expired SSL… Continue reading
Here’s (finally) a new update on the status of Saent. There’s some good news and some bad news, so let’s get the bad out of the way first. Support for Saent 1.0 We’re trying to keep the current Saent product in the air (desktop software plus button) with the limited resources we have available. This… Continue reading
Some users are experiencing a server error when trying to login to the Saent desktop software. It’s caused by an expired and invalid SSL certificate which we’ve been unable to restore over the past weeks. We’re now working to remove the SSL authentication altogether, at least as a temporary fix for the login problem. We… Continue reading