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The Five Principles of Saent Lifeline

posted in Saent, Work-Life Balance on 2018-11-02 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

The Magic Power of Breaks: Work Less and Get More Done

posted in Saent, Work-Life Balance on 2018-06-16 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

An important component of our macOS application Lifeline 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 do it? It feels right Working more seems like… Continue reading →

Solving Tech’s Problems With… More Tech?!

posted in Society on 2018-05-25 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

The Case Against Scheduling in The Evening

posted in Productivity on 2018-05-20 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

Technical update: Fix for login issue on Windows (beta release)

posted in Technical updates on 2018-05-19 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

Saent Status Update – May 2018

posted in Saent on 2018-05-14 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

Technical update: Saent desktop software server error

posted in Technical updates on 2018-05-07 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

We need a break from our phones

posted in Productivity, Work-Life Balance on 2017-02-23 by Josh Catone 0 Comments

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 →

The Digital Diet Plan

posted in Productivity, Work-Life Balance on 2017-01-31 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

How to read more, today

posted in Productivity on 2017-01-23 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

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 →

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