Comments for Tales of the bkruse http://bkruse.com Follow my life - It's cool sometimes Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on The tools of productivity – Customer Support by Rocco Crafter http://bkruse.com/2011/08/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-customer-support/#comment-203 Rocco Crafter Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:24:00 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=47#comment-203 I'm having a small issue. I'm unable to subscribe to your rss feed for some reason. I'm using google reader by the way. I’m having a small issue. I’m unable to subscribe to your rss feed for some reason. I’m using google reader by the way.

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – SLEEP by Shaun http://bkruse.com/2011/12/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-sleep/#comment-187 Shaun Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:00:08 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=66#comment-187 Good post, wakefulness from the artificial light seems to be a big one with most people. Especially in this day and age. Dead on with the 90 minutes. Also factor in a few for the time it takes to get TO sleep. Good online sleep calculator my roommate showed me: http://sleepyti.me/. I've used this numerous times during finals / tests to see what amounts of sleep I can get away with and get back to studying. Cheers Good post, wakefulness from the artificial light seems to be a big one with most people. Especially in this day and age. Dead on with the 90 minutes. Also factor in a few for the time it takes to get TO sleep. Good online sleep calculator my roommate showed me: http://sleepyti.me/. I’ve used this numerous times during finals / tests to see what amounts of sleep I can get away with and get back to studying.

Cheers

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – SLEEP by Vishal http://bkruse.com/2011/12/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-sleep/#comment-186 Vishal Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:02:00 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=66#comment-186 Great post, Brandon! And one can agree whole heartedly. Lack of it is leading to a dramatic drop in peoples' productivity. We need to distance ourselves from emails, social media and phones to be able to get some sleep. If we lose out on sleep, our biological cycle suffers in the long run... Great post, Brandon! And one can agree whole heartedly. Lack of it is leading to a dramatic drop in peoples’ productivity. We need to distance ourselves from emails, social media and phones to be able to get some sleep. If we lose out on sleep, our biological cycle suffers in the long run…

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – Customer Support by brian ofsie http://bkruse.com/2011/08/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-customer-support/#comment-160 brian ofsie Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:58:12 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=47#comment-160 <strong>Superb website...</strong> [...]always a big fan of linking to bloggers that I love but don’t get a lot of link love from[...]…... Superb website…

[...]always a big fan of linking to bloggers that I love but don’t get a lot of link love from[...]……

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – Focus/Corporate Culture by Brandon Kruse http://bkruse.com/2011/07/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-focuscorporate-culture/#comment-15 Brandon Kruse Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:24:01 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=23#comment-15 Hey Kellie - thanks for coming by! One thing that I do when I do absolute focus, is to lock myself in a semi-confined space (not distraction) - I put on my headphones with either classical or techno (no lyrics) and log into another user on my computer specifically built for focus. On second-user on my computer, I do not have twitter/facebook apps, email, IM or anything. This doesn't work everytime, because you sometimes need communication to get your work done. The biggest factor, if you do need communication, is segmentation. Open your email every 1-2 hours, turn your phone off, use passive communication. To see where I was "leaking" time - I took 1 hour out of one random day, and wrote down (on paper with pencil) every action I was doing every 5 minutes. It opened up a world of new help! Hey Kellie – thanks for coming by! One thing that I do when I do absolute focus, is to lock myself in a semi-confined space (not distraction) – I put on my headphones with either classical or techno (no lyrics) and log into another user on my computer specifically built for focus. On second-user on my computer, I do not have twitter/facebook apps, email, IM or anything. This doesn’t work everytime, because you sometimes need communication to get your work done. The biggest factor, if you do need communication, is segmentation. Open your email every 1-2 hours, turn your phone off, use passive communication. To see where I was “leaking” time – I took 1 hour out of one random day, and wrote down (on paper with pencil) every action I was doing every 5 minutes. It opened up a world of new help!

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – Focus/Corporate Culture by Kellie Brooks http://bkruse.com/2011/07/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-focuscorporate-culture/#comment-14 Kellie Brooks Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:21:07 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=23#comment-14 I work from home, as a writer, not in a corporate atmosphere, but it's turning off the easy access to FB, email, etc...while I'm writing on the computer that's hard, though essential to being productive. Someone shared the tool Ommwriter with me, so I'm going to give that a go. I'll let you know how it works out. Any other tips on how to stay focused? Thanks, Kellie I work from home, as a writer, not in a corporate atmosphere, but it’s turning off the easy access to FB, email, etc…while I’m writing on the computer that’s hard, though essential to being productive. Someone shared the tool Ommwriter with me, so I’m going to give that a go. I’ll let you know how it works out. Any other tips on how to stay focused?
Thanks,
Kellie

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – Focus/Corporate Culture by bkruse http://bkruse.com/2011/07/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-focuscorporate-culture/#comment-13 bkruse Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:54:54 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=23#comment-13 Great words Pari - and I completely agree. I learned a lot of this from you, so thank you! Let me know when you're in the states, we need to hangout! Great words Pari – and I completely agree. I learned a lot of this from you, so thank you! Let me know when you’re in the states, we need to hangout!

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – Focus/Corporate Culture by Pari http://bkruse.com/2011/07/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-focuscorporate-culture/#comment-4 Pari Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:20:23 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=23#comment-4 Nice one Brandon. If you are a developer having to work on multiple projects, i strongly recommend focusing on one at a time. Work on one project 3 or 4 days in a row and then switch to the other one. It is important for programmers to have some time scheduled every couple of weeks for code refactoring. You will be surprised at how better your resulting code is after spending a couple of hours on refactoring. When ever possible, have separate virtual machines setup for working on each project so you can switch between them seamlessly and you don't have to deal with reconfiguring stuff each time. And finally - get out of the cubicle often and do some workout, play a sport or go running. Nice one Brandon.

If you are a developer having to work on multiple projects, i strongly recommend focusing on one at a time. Work on one project 3 or 4 days in a row and then switch to the other one.

It is important for programmers to have some time scheduled every couple of weeks for code refactoring. You will be surprised at how better your resulting code is after spending a couple of hours on refactoring.

When ever possible, have separate virtual machines setup for working on each project so you can switch between them seamlessly and you don’t have to deal with reconfiguring stuff each time.

And finally – get out of the cubicle often and do some workout, play a sport or go running.

]]> Comment on The tools of productivity – Focus/Corporate Culture by Steve Boyett http://bkruse.com/2011/07/thebusiness/the-tools-of-productivity-focuscorporate-culture/#comment-2 Steve Boyett Thu, 07 Jul 2011 04:14:32 +0000 http://bkruse.com/?p=23#comment-2 Brandon, Great thoughts, looking forward to your updates! Brandon,

Great thoughts, looking forward to your updates!

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