Increasing Productivity 88 Responses

Last post: 5 years, 7 months ago | Thread started: Oct 10, 07, 9:27 a.m.

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• IRNlun6

  Hi all,

  Does anyone have any techniques or resources to increase their productivity?

  What do some of you do to balance speed and quality when you have multiple projects with increasingly tight deadlines?

  I'm mainly speaking about design...

  Any help would would really be appreciated.

  thanks,

  -Mike

  Oct 10, 07, 9:27 a.m. – Permalink

• Complexfruit

  Having a plan of attack from the get-go. Set priorities.

  Automate process, steps, etc. than can be automated.

  And limit distractions as much as possible.

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 9:54 a.m. – Permalink

• CALLES

  meth

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 9:56 a.m. – Permalink

• anayafx

  drugs will decrease your output.... do not drink and design...

  stay away from games, especially WoW & Counter Strike.... as a matter of fact, all gaming consoles and TVs should be banned from your work area...

  hide your firefox/IE explorer icons, resist the temptation to get online and check NT!!

  put some enjoyable music on, take all the clocks off the wall, and get your ass to work!

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 10:05 a.m. – Permalink

• M0NEYCIDE

  think about what has to be accomplished and visualize each step, articulating to yourself each step forseeing possible issues or more effcient methods until you know exactly where to start and what will get you to the next step. if i can't force myself to do something i go for a walk, relax and do it in my head...oh yeah and stay the fuck away from NT (and any other time wasting website) unless it's to get in the design sort of mood

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 10:11 a.m. – Permalink

• CodeVsDesign

  lifehacker.com they have alot resources on increasing productivity.

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 10:17 a.m. – Permalink

• k0na_an0k

  step one:

  log out from nt.

  :)

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 10:17 a.m. – Permalink

• blaw

  in general, if you want to improve something, measure it.

  track all time spent on jobs and see what needs to be trimmed.

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 10:17 a.m. – Permalink

• IRNlun6

  Thanks for the help so far all.

  I think meth might work for about a week but then lack of sleep might catch up to me...

  I've definitely limited my NT time lately and really visit this site more for inspiration.

  I'm just personally feeling my work is lacking in quality jumping from project to project. Don't really have much time to flesh things out but think that's more of an excuse than reality. Especially seeing the work some of you all consistently produce which is just amazing. It's really making me want to step it up...

  Thanks again all for the suggestions. Keep them coming!!!

  

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  Dog-earOct 10, 07, 10:34 a.m. – Permalink