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November 19, 2015
Using Harvest to Automate Tasks & Improve Work Happiness
Here at Harvest we’re always interested in hearing how customers use our software. A few weeks ago Stephen Thomas gave a talk at the Digital PM Summit that mentioned Harvest as a way to help bring some creativity, flexibility, and innovation to your...
January 26, 2012
Quick Time Saving Tips for your Workday
The one resource we all have the same amount of is time – how you spend it defines so much about your life. We’ve assembled a few tips to help you make the most of the time you have in your workday. Managing your time needs to become a ritual, an...
January 19, 2012
Some Thoughts On a Collaborative Workspace
Over the weekend, a friend of mine gave me a tour of Bloomberg’s NYC office. Their 29-floor building is full of huge, open workspaces. Even the company big-wigs don’t get a private office; when they’re in town, they occupy one of the many...
January 12, 2012
Quick Time Saving Tips For Your Commute
Unless you are working from a home office, most of us leave to go to work. You may be surprised by how much time you actually spend in transit to your job – Time Management Ninja created this quick table (which assumes 8 hour workday, 5 day work...
January 9, 2012
Quick Time Saving Tips For Meetings
Time is money, and meetings are a notorious time sink. Forbes points out that, “a one-hour meeting of six software engineers costs $1,000 at least. People who don’t have the authority to buy paperclips are allowed to call meetings every day that...
December 13, 2011
Handmade: Knife Making in Brooklyn
I’m in awe whenever I come across a physical object that’s been made by hand. I’ll often pick up the piece and study it, like a work of art. It’s easy to forget to appreciate handicraft, especially if your days are spent building for the digital...
December 7, 2011
Don’t Take On That Project!
The following is a guest post by Edward Guttman, Director of User Experience at CodeStreet, LLC and Harvest customer. Ed has been honing his craft as a designer for close to 20 years, and here he shares his thought process behind deciding which...
December 1, 2011
Dial Input
Recently my wife bought a new microwave for our apartment, and it has a dial for inputting time. This is more-or-less what it looks like: See that big circular dial on the right panel? That’s how you put in time. Turn counter-clockwise and the time...
April 26, 2011
Rubber House: Creative Projects That Generate Commercial Work
Brewing in the heart of Melbourne’s creative hub of Gertrude St Fitzroy is Rubber House, a fresh entry to Australia’s animation scene. Combining the talents of Greg Sharp and Ivan Dixon, Rubber House is busy creating a unique and wild style of...Start tracking time today
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