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Paul Graham on Whether Remote Work Works and the Productivity and Technology News of the Week.

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In this Cast | Paul Graham on Whether Remote Work Works

Ray Sidney-Smith

Augusto Pinaud

Headlines & Show Notes | Paul Graham on Whether Remote Work Works

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Headlines, Part A

Boring To-Do Lists? Not If You Study Leonardo da Vinci

Declare 'Backlog Bankruptcy'

Can You Be Productive Working Only 45% Of The Day?

Your Expectations Dont Just Influence Your Destiny They Determine It

Headlines, Part B

Amazon Fire Max 11 review: not the productivity tablet you’re looking for

15-inch MacBook Air hands-on: My dreams have finally come true

iOS 17 will stop your Android friends from ruining your group texts with their green bubbles

The green bubble problem is about to get even worse

Anker debuts new Soundcore Liberty 4 NC earbuds with 60-hour battery and $100 price tag

How to use the awesome new Data Extraction Smart Canvas feature in Google Sheets

How to create a Gantt chart in Google Sheets with the new Smart Canvas Timeline view

All the New Features Coming to Your Pixel Phone With the June 2023 Feature Drop

Google Meet On-the-Go mode will automatically take away distractions if you're not stationary

Lenovo Smart Paper now available in the UK and the Netherlands

Old Kindle Paperwhite turned into a WeatherBoard to display weather information

New Tools of the Week

h264ify

New! Automate Google Tasks With Pleexy

Featured Story of the Week

Paul Graham says remote work ‘does work initially,’ which is why it ‘fooled’ leaders who have since ‘changed their minds’

Announcements

iOS 17 to Enable Recurring Apple Cash Payments for Kids Allowances and Other Shared Expenses

Microsoft no longer supports Windows 8 and soon neither will Google Drive

Google Drive is ending app support for Windows 8 and 8.1

Notes

'Smart' drugs may inhibit performance and productivity in users without ADHD

Rethinking Smart: Cognitive Enhancers May Diminish Performance in Those Without ADHD

Try 'Task Batching' for a More Productive Week

How to be more productive at work

Traffic congestion and the employee psyche - Jamaica Observer

Brain Food: Big ambitions Low expectations and High Standards

Generative A.I. Can Add $4.4 Trillion in Value to Global Economy, Study Says - The New York Times

3 key Vision Pro features that Apple rivals will have a hard time copying

Best Buy Expands Upgrade+ Program to iPad Pro and Apple Watch Ultra

Apple Card Monthly Installments Term for Apple Watch to Change From 24 Months to 12 Months

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 172 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Here's How Web Apps Work in macOS Sonoma

You can finally buy a Matter smart lock

Chrome adding full Google Password Manager UI complete with desktop shortcut

ChromeOS 114 brings some new goodies but Im here for the Emoji picker

Oura Ring users can now share sleep scores with friends

Google Photos on the web gets a huge photo editing boost

Every smartphone should be a flip phone, starting right now

Now that Im using Google Tasks a lot more I wish it had a Today view like i...