Over the last 12 months I have conducted countless productivity experiments on myself, interviewed some of the most productive people in the world, and read a ton of books and academic literature on productivity, all to explore how I could become as productive as possible. This is what I’ve learned.…

Lifehacker: Trouble relaxing? Here's how to completely relax and recharge: http://t.co/pFDUjMnAnR

RT @Reiseagentin: Für die Nachteulen, Lesestoff: Was ist mein Auftrag für diese Welt? http://www.sonnenfernweh.de/2014/02/27/ist-mein-auftrag-fuer-diese-welt/

How I fall asleep faster http://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-fall-asleep-faster-1503720985

LSMueller: "Ever wonder where your Internet comes from or where it goes when it leaves your living room?" - http://t.co/dtztHWrsoo - via @govloop

The 55 miles from Campbell to San Francisco make for one of the nicest commutes anywhere. The journey mostly zips along the Junipero Serra Freeway, a grand and remarkably empty highway that abuts the east side of the Santa Cruz Mountains . It is one of the best places in Silicon Valley to spot a…

Austin Carr 03.18.13 9:00 AM In 2010, when Nike first began developing the FuelBand, a small, secret team of thirteen would run around the company’s campus testing early prototypes. "We actually created fabric covers that we could just pull over them," recalls Stefan Olander, Nike’s VP of digital…

Vor mehr als neun Wochen hat die Affäre um die totale Internetüberwachung durch die US-amerikanische NSA, den britischen GCHQ und weitere Geheimdienste mit den ersten Veröffentlichungen des Guardian und der Washington Post begonnen. Eine erste ausführliche Zusammenfassung der verfügbaren…

For the past decade, I’ve tried every new social media product to come along but I find myself returning to the two giants of the industry most often: Twitter and Facebook. I’m optimistic and delighted every time I open up Twitter on my browser, while Facebook is something I only click on once or…

July 1, 2013 iOS 7 isn’t bad, change is just difficult Over the last two weeks the internet has been an endless stream of shit throwing and increasingly negative blogs about iOS 7 and how the OS could have been designed better. Everyone who is a designer or wanted to be a designer has been putting…

"Ich habe Hochbegabung eher als Form von Behinderung oder vielleicht als amputiertes Bein gesehen." http://www.fraumeike.de/2013/alien-nation/

Without realising it, many of our thought habits get in the way of our happiness and cause us to get stuck into negative patterns of thinking. Below we will look at 13 ways we can rewire our thoughts and minds into allowing ourselves to feel the happiness that we deserve, freeing us to live, love…

'There isn't a hidden switch that lets villains control your thoughts; instead, there are TV ads and manipulative friends and guilt-inducing religions'The term "brainwashing" first became widespread…

Viele Menschen in Großbritannien haben eine höllische Angst davor, kein Handy mehr zu besitzen. Das fing schon vor vier Jahren an, da berichtete die Daily Mail von jenen 55 Prozent befragter Briten, d

@domanske @im_autofokus Am treffendsten hat es noch immer sixtus zusammengefasst: http://t.co/ce8ZF2KD

This is our second excerpt from Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success by Ken Segall, a close collaborator with Jobs for over a decade. To read the first, on how the iMac was almost called the MacMan, go here . Apple encourages big thinking but small everything else. That is, if…

Der Absatz von Fahrrädern mit Elektromotor wächst kräftig, im vergangenen Jahr wurden hierzulande rund 310.000 Stück verkauft. Allerdings fährt die große Mehrheit noch mit reiner Muskelkraft. So manch

Nicht dass das nun Neuland für mich wäre. Schon seit Jahren versuchen wir alles, was so in einer Familie anfällt, gemeinsam zu bewältigen. Aber jetzt hat die Sache dann schon ein ganz anderes Ausmaß und es bleiben auch die ungeliebten Dinge an mir hängen, die ich sonst an meine bessere Hälfte…

Henry Miller's 11 Commandments of Writing & Daily Creative Routine | Brain Pickings http://t.co/tfbULLn3

Germans are always prepared for the rain.

Nachdem die Griechen zu faul zum arbeiten sind, sind die Spanier jetzt also zu stolz, um zu tun, was richtig ist. Ich nehme an, zu den Portugiesen, den Italienern und den Iren fallen uns auch noch rechtzeitig rassistische Erklärungen dafür ein, warum sie einfach nicht so funktionieren, wie die Welt…

I’ve been (only partially) joking for a while that I want to get a tattoo on my hand that says “To Do, Today” with 3 lines below it numbered 1, 2, 3 and then blanks that each day I could write (with a pen) a few goals for the day. Thought being, I do a ton of things every day, sometimes I do things…

Unsere täglichen Aufgaben fordern uns heraus – ganz besonders auf der mentalen Ebene. Einfache Übungen können helfen, auf Zack zu bleiben. Oft müssen wir uns über längere Zeit konzentrieren und anstrengende Aufgaben verrichten. Da tut es gut, zwischendurch seine mentale Fitness zu trainieren. Die…

The Economist: " Slaves to the smartphone" http://t.co/PwJoT7Ub

The trick isn't to unplug from our devices -- it's to unplug from the distractions, information overload, and trash that make us unhappy. A world ruled by spin, in which political influence lasts only until the next embarrassing YouTube video. Industries starved of creative, deep thinking, as…

Be sure to check out my follow-up to this post , clarifying and addressing a few misinterpretations that have been making their way around the internet. Feeling Like a Fraud Have you ever received praise, or even an award, for being great at something despite having no clue what you’re doing? Do you…

What's your maximum NPH? How many notifications are you exposed to every hour? Let's take a second to think critically about these constant requests for your attention: what do they mean? Who is…

I was forwarded this comment on Reddit, which is so very close to my advice in the book: I make sure to start every day as a producer, not a consumer. When you get up, you may start with a …

Making a commercial for a monster game franchise comes with its own particular challenges. On one hand there’s an extent to which you just need to get out of the way and not actively annoy fans; on the other, the sheer muscle of the game demands something that isn’t limp in comparison. L.A.-based…

25 Inspiring Stories to Make You Smile http://goo.gl/oEPmz