A couple of pro tips. First, tasks can often spill over their boundaries, so I try to leave a half-hour buffer between task times. That gives me a margin for error, or a well-deserved break if I ...

You can’t cancel reality. Pings pile up, leaders want decisions now, and customers don’t book meetings on your calendar. The promise of deep work keeps colliding with real-time demands. The fix isn’t ...

Although calendars have existed since the Bronze Age, time blocking, which assigns specific tasks to designated timeslots, is a more recent innovation. Although its true origins remain mysterious, ...

New Google Calendar Update Makes Deep Work Easier Than Ever Your email has been sent Sometimes all you need is a quiet hour on your calendar, not another meeting invite. Google has finally caught on.

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. In a workplace filled with constant notifications, blurred ...

Do you ever feel like you’re constantly catching up? Despite piles of to-do lists and deadlines, you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media instead of actually getting things done.

Khamosh Pathak is a freelance tech journalist with over 13 years of experience writing online. An accounting graduate, he turned his interest in writing and technology into a career. He holds a ...

Google Calendar is making it easy to block off time for working on a task. Users can quickly use tasks to mark themselves as busy and unavailable for other meetings. Availability should spread to ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...