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Tips & Tricks

Is Attention Residue Hurting Your Productivity?

September 23, 2022

Attention Residue is a term used to describe what happens when we switch from task A to task B. Learn about how to prioritize tasks better by becoming more aware of this effect.

Stories

How a Digital Marketing Agency Cut Back on Meetings and Spreadsheets With HourStack

Find out how a digital marketing agency in California reduced their need for spreadsheets and daily meetings by using HourStack for task scheduling and time tracking.

Tips & Tricks

Using Focused Time Blocks for Ultimate Productivity

The 8-hour workday can be reduced to a 4-hour, super-productive workday by utilizing a method called Focused Time Blocking. Learn more about how HourStack shines when implementing this method.

Product Updates

Supercharge Your Google Tasks With Our New Integration

Supercharge your Google Tasks with scheduling, time tracking, and reporting by integrating directly with HourStack.

Product Updates

New Browser Extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

You can now access your HourStack tasks directly within your browser using our new browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. View your tasks and start timers whilst maintaining your workflow.

Product Updates

HourStack v2.11.0 - Updated UI, Full Real-Time Updates, and a New Dashboard

We’ve got quite an extensive release today including a new dashboard, real-time updates of all resources, and a significant redesign of the app UI.

Tips & Tricks

Organize Large To-Do Lists Using the ABCDE Method

The ABCDE method is a prioritization strategy designed to focus your time where it is most impactful. It is simple to learn and easy to implement.

Product Updates

HourStack v2.10.6 - Expanded Team View and Other Refinements

We've been steadily refining the HourStack web app and wanted to gather up all those refinements and share them with you. Lots of great updates including some team view enhancements.

Product Updates

Slack Integration v2.0

The HourStack Slack app lets you tap into the power of HourStack from any Slack channel or direct message. Create entries, view your schedule, and run timers.

Product Updates

Connect your HourStack workspace with thousands of other apps through our Zapier integration. Automate your scheduling and time tracking with a no-code solution that is simple to use, yet powerful enough to handle even the most complex workflows.

Product Updates

HourStack v2.9.0 - New Templates and Better Performance

Entry templates received a major upgrade, we've given the app a nice performance boost, and we've introduced education discounts.

Tips & Tricks

Do Less to Do More Using the Most Important Task (MIT) Strategy

Use the MIT prioritization strategy to turbocharge your productivity and carve out space to get the most important tasks completed.

Tips & Tricks

21 Techniques to Help You Kill Procrastination and Eat That Frog

Using 21 techniques, Brian Tracy's Eat That Frog Method will help you put an end to procrastination so that you can get your work done now.

Stories

How I Used Timeboxing to Grow a Six Figure Web Development Business

Learn how Matt Saunders picked a niche audience, built a sales funnel, and utilized timeboxing to grow his web development business.

Product Updates

HourStack v2.8.0 - Redesigned Asana and Todoist Integrations

In this update, we've released all new versions of our Asana and Todoist integrations, expanded account preferences, and a host of other bug fixes and improvements.