The Productivity Episode

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through what they do to get things done - apps for to do list tracking, calendar blocking, and how they determine a productive day. StoryBlok - Sponsor Storyblok is a headless component-based CMS with a real-time visual editor. It offers the flexibility for developers to craft their perfect tech stack, but it also empowers content creators to make changes independently. The result is that every team has the freedom to quickly and easily create the ideal website with limitless extensibility. Other key features include robust Storyblok SDKs and APIs, powerful internationalization options, and an eCommerce-ready platform. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 02:49 What is a productive day? 04:56 What’s an unproductive day? 07:43 Techniques for work Getting Things Done Eat That Frog Height 14:57 Weighting tasks 18:29 Pomodoro technique 20:53 Sponsor: StoryBlok 22:46 The hard schedule 29:24 Blocking out distractions Focus Self Control 32:20 Sponsor: LogRocket 33:34 Tips We Have 42:55 Sponsor: Freshbooks 43:32 Software to help get things done. Things Todoist Omnifocus Transmit Savvycal Centered Remarkable 56:21 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: USB C Female to USB Male Adapter Wes: Measuring tape Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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0:00.0	You're listening to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.
0:06.0	Strap yourself in and get ready. Here is Scott Tillinski and West Boss.
0:10.5	Welcome to Syntax, the most productive podcast in the world. That's not it, but we are going
0:18.4	to talk about productivity today, tips and tricks and frameworks and ways you can approach it
0:24.0	and different apps that you can use to help yourself out. We're sponsored today by three
0:27.9	awesome companies. Storyblock, the headless CMS that will revolutionize your digital storytelling,
0:34.3	log rocket, your JavaScript session replay and fresh books cloud accounting. We'll talk about
0:39.9	all them a partway through the episode with me as always is Mr Scott Tillinski. How you doing today,
0:44.8	Scott? Hey, I'm doing good. Doing good. Going down a rabbit hole of led lights and I've been
0:52.4	inspired by all of the handyman West Boss posts about him, you know, turning into Bob the
0:58.2	builder for their hanging up all the stuff. So I decided that I needed to kick my office.
1:03.7	You know, it's been kind of in a transitionary period for a long time. So yeah, now that I have
1:08.0	some of my like finalized furniture for here, I'm taking apart things. West will see I got the
1:12.9	bookshelf that was normally behind me because it was kind of a crappy holdover. Oddly enough,
1:17.9	I tried to sell that thing on Facebook marketplace and they shut my account down.
1:21.5	I really? I bet they were just like, listen, you never use Facebook and all of a sudden there's
1:26.4	something for sale on your account on Facebook. That's suspicious. So man, they pulled it down,
1:32.0	they're reviewing my account and it's probably, probably honestly just because I haven't like
1:35.7	open Facebook and who knows how long but that's hilarious. It's just a show. Yeah.
1:41.7	Oh, that's good. Yeah, I'm, it's funny. Like you talk about productivity and it's fun to do
1:48.0	like small little spurts on things. Like I was talking to you about this yesterday where I'm just
1:53.8	at the edge of getting sick of working on this place because yeah, and like I'm going to get it
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