When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007 he proclaimed that, “It works like magic.” And he was right. Smartphones are pocket-sized computers that allow us to do things that would have seemed like magic just ten years ago. Stuck somewhere without a ride? You can call a cab with a single click. Need the… Continue reading
It looks like you’re putting on some weight. A snack here, a snack there. It’s starting to show. But, I’m not talking about your physical appearance. There’s a new form of obesity — one caused by digital junk food. We’re online all the time. We fragment our attention between a million things. We work when… Continue reading
Successful people read a lot. Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk: they all read. This is not surprising. Picking up a book allows you to connect directly with a great mind (assuming you’re reading a good book, that is). But most of us don’t read all that many books. Depending on how you… Continue reading
We’re still working in a manner designed for factories at the turn of the 19th century, even as digital technology has completely changed the nature of the work we do. The jobs of the future won’t be industrial, they’re digital, so why are we still working like it’s 1899? In a guest post for Blinkist,… Continue reading
Working from home, a coffee shop, or even a remote tropical island all sound fantastic. Combined with the entrepreneurial dream of owning your own business it might even be heaven. But here’s what building a remote company is really like. Saent is just over two years old now and has been a distributed company from… Continue reading
I often get asked, “what is your number one productivity tip?” The answer is consistency. Arriving at this answer did not come easy. I have been interested in productivity for almost a decade. I’ve read countless books and research papers on the topic. I’ve tried tons of apps and other tools. I’ve received some training… Continue reading
One of the most active Slack channels at Saent is our #reading room, where we share articles, books, and other media we come across each day. Though everyone at Saent has their own work style and habits, we all share one strong common thread: we’re voracious consumers of knowledge and we value the power of… Continue reading
Taking breaks at the right time and for the right amount of time is a key to the healthy work rhythm that Saent encourages people to follow. Breaks are important for a number of reasons, and not taking them can lead to stress, burnout, poor productivity, and poor work quality. In this guest post at… Continue reading
We announced Saent’s first conversational user interface in a blog post in January 2016. Now almost a full year later, we’ve gone through several iterations on that initial design and learned a lot along the way. In a guest post on the InVision blog, I talk about what we did right and what we did… Continue reading
Author William Powers makes a convincing call to disconnect from our devices and the internet more often in his 2010 book “Hamlet’s Blackberry.” He argues our devices, for all the good they bring to our lives, also cause a measure of harm. With the digital party just getting started, his ideas at the time were… Continue reading