Your Productivity Guidebook

With over 5 million active users, Todoist ranks as one of the top to-do list apps in the world. Some even say that it’s the best app for organizing your tasks. We’ll leave that up to you to decide, but we can say that it is a great app for managing your tasks and keeping […]

How we share the app state data between windows in the Akiflow Electron desktop app Akiflow is a productivity tool shipped on desktop as an Electron multi-window app. It consolidates all your tasks and calendars from different tools (Gcal/email/Slack/Asana/etc.) in a single view. It has a clean and familiar interface and Superhuman-like shortcuts. A feature that our […]

Procrastination and overthinking are some of the most common complaints among those seeking to be more productive. The cycle of procrastination and overthinking is so firmly rooted in our brains that starting even simple tasks can become a hassle. But that’s when the Getting Things Done method comes to the rescue.  Excelling productivity demands a […]

If you have ever looked up time management techniques or work and study productivity tips, you probably came across the concept of the Pomodoro Technique at least once.  As an active member of the productivity community, I’ve used the Pomodoro Technique countless times. Although nowadays I usually go for the time blocking method, the Pomodoro […]

The Ivy Lee method, coined more than 100 years ago, applies perfectly to how we plan, act, and follow a busy agenda nowadays to ensure that nothing is left unfinished at the end of the day. The history of the Ivy-Lee method Back in the 20th century, Ivy Ledbetter Lee was a successful businessman and […]

I get asked quite often about our product development process and how do we decide which features to build at Akiflow. It’s a complex process that we kept as lean as possible, which involves: Talking to customers Looking at the market and competitors Tracking features requests Coming up with new ideas Voting It interests everyone […]

Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. Trello gives you an overview of what you and your teammates are working on and the status of the activities process. Startup teams use it extensively to create a shared perspective on any project. Teams can block Trello tasks and schedule meetings on Google […]

Eat that frog is a time management method that helps you overcome the worst. However, Brian Tracy is not talking about any frog here. He is referring to Mark Twain’s frog. He said, “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your […]

If you’ve ever been so focused on one thing that the rest of the world melted away, it might have been a mental state psychologists call flow state. This self-induced feeling can make tasks feel more enjoyable and help people stay involved in what they’re doing. What is Flow? Flow is a concept that Mihaly […]