Declaring email bankruptcy inbox zero is a bold but effective strategy. When it comes to emails, there are two types of people in the world. That used to be me on the right. Before Dropbox and Google Drive, I used to email drafts to myself to ensure I had version history. I’d constantly email...
Manual task sorting gives you full control over your task priorities. Did you know there are a couple ways to simulate manually sort in Toodledo? For example, you can add a number in front of a task name and sort your list alphabetically. You can also tag each task with a number and sort...
Discovering startup productivity hacks helped us accomplish twice as much. When I joined LinkedIn, I called up one of my interviewers. He had left LinkedIn just as I joined so that he could start a startup. I had asked him for some advice on how to make the most of my time at LinkedIn....
You know, I listen to a lot of feedback from our users. Several users have asked me “Aaron, why don’t you show ads in the task lists of your free users? That way the business earns more and you don’t have to charge users who can’t afford it.” It’s coming from good intentions...
These law practice management productivity blogs offer actionable advice for attorneys. Here at Toodledo, we want to enable every person get the most out of life by focusing on what matters most. We do this by building productivity tools. But it takes more than tools. A methodical application of the right tools is what leads...
In tech, you hear the phrase “the one metric that matters” (OMTM) a lot. I certainly heard this at LinkedIn. Every year, we re-evaluated our “true north” metric to see if was still where we wanted to go. The idea is that OMTM simplifies where you focus your team’s time and energy. Since it’s a...
Startup recruiting small team talent turned out to be easier than we expected. I’m the CEO of a two-person startup. Before this, I spent five years at LinkedIn. When I was at LinkedIn, I got the impression that it was difficult to attract great talent. We had a compelling vision and mission, smart teammates,...