How fast can you read a book (and understand it)
October 10, 2018  in 

Sign up for GipsyTime, the To Do list with superpowers. They say reading a book should be handled as drinking wine. You savor it, you don’t rush to finish it. But I’m of the opinion that not all books are like wine. Some need reading without the need of pondering on every word (like most […]

This little tool tells me how much time I’ll spend reading an article
October 9, 2018  in 

Often tasks in my GipsyBot list are articles others tell me I should read. I trust the judgement of those who send me articles and have the best intention of reading the referred links. But it’s not always obvious how much this specific task will take me I want to pre-build this feature into GipsyBot […]

Best practices when managing tasks you delegate to others
September 20, 2018  in 

The ability to delegate effectively is no doubt one of the most important skills for managers. A study conducted in 2012 by Lawrence Technological University reported that 70% of leaders state they routinely delegate and 20% state they delegate often. Yet that majority of managers report struggling with too much on their plate. More often […]

Ad hoc requests: the #1 biggest impediment to team productivity
August 27, 2018  in 

Ad hoc requests are tasks that come up unexpectedly, aren’t planned for, and are typically outside of a project’s scope. Regardless of whether your role requires you to assign these tasks to others or to complete them, they’re silently a productivity killer for everyone. But just how bad are they? According to a survey conducted […]

Time, Not Tasks
August 15, 2018  in 

No matter how different our daily lives are, there is one commonality between all of us – we all only have 24 hours in a day. That’s why we believe, and know, that in today’s hyperbusy environment, scheduling your time intelligently is more important than ever. We’re not saying task management isn’t necessary – it’s […]

The 2018 Task Management Software Landscape
August 15, 2018  in 

It has been more than 10 years since the release of the first iOS, and since then we’ve seen the number of productivity apps and software as a whole has skyrocketed. Recently, major tech players have been adding productivity tools to their app portfolios through both internal development and acquisitions. We’ve organized the current task […]

Which of these 9 unique to-do-list apps is made for you?
August 15, 2018  in 

With the huge number of To-Do-List apps out there these days, it can be a real hassle to figure out which app is the right one for you without trying them all. We know just how tedious that is. Even the best apps always seem to be missing a feature here and there. The truth […]

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