Each week, Ray Sidney-Smith and Augusto Pinaud review and provide commentary on the week's news in the world of personal productivity and related technologies. This week, our featured story was an article, What Beats a Four-Day Workweek?, that took a (European) twist on work schedules with a 10-month work calendar, and Ray and Augusto discuss the practicalities of it.
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In this Cast | What Beats a Four-Day Workweek?
Ray Sidney-Smith
Augusto Pinaud
Headlines & Show Notes | What Beats a Four-Day Workweek?
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Business & Finance Segment
Apple Reports Q1 2022 ResultsiPhone Becomes Top Smartphone in China for First Time in Six Years Dutch regulator fines Apple €5m in dispute over dating app payment rules1Password CFO says it’s not going to compete with OktaScratchpad, a productivity workspace for Salesforce, raises $33M | VentureBeatCollaboration platform CloudApp raises $9.3M to enhance workplace productivity | TechCrunchIf you use Venmo or Credit Karma, this company might owe you money Plaid must pay $58 million to users of Venmo, Robinhood and other apps
New Tool 1 (Ray)
Kanbanote
New Tool 2 (Augusto)
Unsplash for iOS — Internet’s source of freely-usable images on your phone
Bonus
Volley - asynchronous video app (Thanks, Michelle!)
Featured Story of the Week
What Beats a 4-Day Workweek? A 10-Month Year | Inc.com
Announcements
Samsung Galaxy S22 Unpacked event date is now official
Other News
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Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:00Hello, personal productivity enthusiast and community. Welcome to Anything But Idle. The Productivity news podcast. Today's show is brought to you by co working space by personal productivity club.