productivity
5 published articles
Future of Work
The productivity paradox: why AI tools are making workers slower
Despite high executive expectations, a majority of workers report AI adds to their workload. The Upwork Research Institute survey suggests top-down AI mandates backfire, and offers alternative paths through freelancers and co-created metrics.
2026-08-06
AI in the workspace
Google Docs kills the split-screen: Gemini draws diagrams from your text
Google Docs now lets you generate and edit images, infographics, and diagrams directly using Gemini in the sidebar or bottom bar, leveraging document context for relevance. The rollout started July 28, 2026, for paid Workspace tiers.
2026-07-29
Artificial Intelligence
Google's five-step side hustle guide skips the one step that actually makes money
Google's Gemini side hustle guide is a solid planning checklist, but it skips customer acquisition, sales, and the grind of execution. The real bottleneck isn't planning, it's doing.
2026-07-23
Productivity metrics
The one metric AI coding agents can't fake: human hours
Cognition Labs built the first automated system to estimate how many human engineering hours each Devin session saves. The model reaches R² 0.70 but deliberately underestimates. The deeper challenge: converting session traces into defensible ROI numbers remains unsolved.
2026-07-15
Editorial craft
The inner critic isn't your enemy. It's a timer you forgot to set.
Self-doubt doesn't vanish. But you can manage it by putting the inner editor on a timer, lowering the stakes, and learning to write through the noise. That's the real craft.
2026-07-07