workflow Archives

Project & Team Management

A Favorite Productivity Tool: Jira Power-Up in Trello

I'm always interested in effective task management tools. Read on to learn about the Power-Up integration between Trello and Jira.

Business Practices

What’s the Financial Impact of a 4-Day, 32-Hour Work Week?

There’s been a lot of buzz recently around the idea of a four-day, 32-hour work week. I’m curious to see how this concept plays out in reality.

Project & Team Management

Don’t Include a Blocked Column in Your Software Development Workflow

The problem with a blocked column is that it takes the problem of leadership indecision and warehouse it in a development team's workflow.

Personal Optimization

Make a Morning Routine for Your Desktop!

Having an organized desktop each day helps me move quickly from application to application and lets me focus on the more important parts of my job.

Personal Optimization

Feeling Bored? These Strategies Can Keep You on Track

Since I’ve started becoming more mindful about my boredom, I’ve noticed that the end-of-day burnout I experience after a long day of work is less intense.

Personal Optimization

4 Tips for Getting Started Writing Code

Faking data, using a spike, or drawing a picture are great ways to begin writing code when you're not sure where to start on a project.

Developer Tools

Setting up GitHub Actions for a React/Node Project

How to set up GitHub Actions for a React, Node, Postgres, Yarn, and Typescript project running on Heroku. And why I won't be going back to CircleCI.

Personal Optimization

Bring Joy to Your Desktop Backgrounds with Workflow Automation

Bored with stock art backgrounds and don't care enough to search for anything better? Workflow.app makes it easy to collect great desktop background images.

Personal Optimization

Frustrations with iOS Workflow

iOS's Workflow tool is both amazingly powerful and amazingly frustrating. I’m still not sure how it can automate the day-to-day things I grapple with.