Stress-free productivity does exist

Here comes the start of a new year together with new illusions, despite the gray situation. Although we make our new year resolutions and we are eager to start something new, it is quite common that most of them end up doomed to abandonment by the lack of implementation capacity.

UPDATE: This feature was completely redesigned and updated in 2020

Some time ago I started using the Pomodoro Technique routinely to perform tasks that require a certain amount of time and focus (mainly programming and writing, in my case). I found it really useful, so I wrote an article in which I told you the basics of this technique and my very first impressions.

The first version of the FacileThings mobile client for iPhone is now avalible. You can download it from your smartphone, going directly to the App Store and searching for “facilethings”, or by using this iTunes link.

It is great to have powerful tools that give us confidence and enthusiasm, but let’s face it, all this functionality is sometimes translated into complex personal management systems. Either because we do not go beyond the basics in the learning phase, or because we do not perform a self-analysis, reflection process about how we are using it, software sometimes becomes an inert stuff in which we do not evolve.