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Written by thoughtbot, your expert strategy, design, product management, and development partner.

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  1. WIP is waste

    A manifesto on work, waste, cost and value.

    Jared Turner
    April 23, 2024
    • Productivity
    • Process
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  2. Tips for working across timezones

    7 tips for working with teammates in different time zones.

    Ferdia Kenny
    August 11, 2023
    • Productivity
    • Team
    • Remote
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  3. The Blank Page Problem

    Getting started from a empty page can be tough. But there are some strategies for breaking the blank.

    Jared Turner
    June 22, 2023
    • Productivity
  4. A practical guide to reducing your Social Media time in 2023

    Looking to reduce your social media time this year and increase happiness? Here’s how!.

    Ferdia Kenny
    March 13, 2023
    • Productivity
    • Disconnecting
  5. Convert Fahrenheit and Celsius: The Easy Way

    Converting temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius is hard - this formula makes it easier.

    Stephanie Kuroda
    December 22, 2022
    • Productivity
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  6. Using Notion to manage product development: Part 2 (A step-by-step how-to guide)

    An in-depth guide looking at how to set Notion up, exploring databases, properties, rollups, formulas and linked databases to level up your Notion-fu.

    Jared Turner
    August 1, 2022
    • Product Management
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  7. Using Notion to manage product development: Part 1

    The flexibility of Notion is a blessing and a curse. Recently, a client migrated to Notion and together we explored what an ideal setup might look like to manage their company’s product development.

    Jared Turner
    July 29, 2022
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  8. Tips for Joining an Existing Project 💡

    If, like me, you don’t like change (who does?!), here are some tips that I have picked up along the way to try and help ease the transition onto an existing project.

    Sami Birnbaum
    July 25, 2022
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  9. How we used DesignOps and Figma to scale our team

    We looked to better document our designs and project background in a useful and clear way to support a growing team. This article outlines that experience and what success we found using Figma to support DesignOps.

    Steven Neamonitakis, Kelly Gebo & Andrew Spencer
    July 14, 2022
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  10. Your Phone Belongs to You, You Don't Belong to It

    Sometimes we can become addicted to the fast-paced nature of our industry. It doesn’t have to be this way. You can disconnect from it all, and the first step sits right in your hand.

    Rob Whittaker
    June 13, 2022
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