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The less apps I have open, the more beautiful (and bigger) their icons become.
But the hard disk opens apps very fast, especially when you have one of the new SSD drives (like the one on the new Macbook Airs from Apple). This makes the habit of quitting apps even more appealing. When you need them, you open them up quickly. When you don’t, just quit them.
ally very rewarding when you see nice, big, gorgeous looking icons in front of you, so the less apps I have open, the more beautiful the icons become. And this pretty sight makes me feel better... and this makes me more productive and motivated to get stuff done.
iPad and iPhone help develop single-tasking habit Thanks to heavy use of both my iPhone and my iPad recently, I learned to appreciate doing one thing at a time (which is a must because of their small screen real estate). This also helped me create a new habit of closing apps and opening them only as needed. Now, on my laptop, I have just a few apps open all of the time – Browsers (Opera and Chrome), Evernote for note-taking, Nozbe (as a fluid stand-alone app) and Finder which has to be launched all of the
Hard drive opens faster than saves files... and you get turbo speed with SSD disk When the RAM is full, the computer starts to save data on the hard disk and it’s a lot slower than the RAM memory.
time. Mail and other apps are opened only when I need to use them.
Learn to single-task and focus on the task at hand. Experts are with me on this one Many studies have shown that singletasking it more effective, efficient and creates a more focused environment than constantly multi-tasking. And as I’ve written above, you don’t get tired, your computer doesn’t slow down and you’re getting a lot done. Good luck! a
Hard disks open apps very fast, especially when you have one of these new SSD drives.
! Michael Sliwinski Michael Sliwinski is your chief editor of the Productive! Magazine and a host of the new Productive! Show. Every day he’s trying to help people get more done with his web application Nozbe – now also available as a native iPhone or iPad app.
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