The good news. Your inbox and your to-do list are empty. The bad news. So is your creative and professional life. In Quartz, Tony Crabbe argues that tech-fueled time management is only making our lives worse. “Time management, we believe, is the solution to our busyness: if we could organize our time better, we’d be less overwhelmed, happier, and more effective. We are completely wrong on all three counts, and it’s damaging our lives and our careers.”

+ It’s sometimes hard to believe that the overwhelming number of productivity tools are actually making us more productive. Here’s my take on the topic (which I wrote using the same application I’ve used since the late 90s): The Avalanche of Options: Looking back on it now, the first time I truly felt the need for a note-taking app was when I started researching note-taking apps.