Focus for Designers and Developers
05/14/19 • 44 min
One thing that can set creatives apart is their ability to focus. The developer or designer who can focus with full energy on one task at a time will be able to get through difficult problems faster and more effectively than their unfocused colleagues. On this episode, we talk about how to find focus and avoid distractions to help you get things done.
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Resources:
Pomodoro method https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique
Gretchen Rubin "Power hour" https://gretchenrubin.com/
Cold Turkey https://getcoldturkey.com/
Forest app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/forest-stay-focused/id866450515?mt=8
Insight timerhttps://twitter.com/InsightTimer
River with leaves https://www.google.com/search?q=river+with+leaves
One thing that can set creatives apart is their ability to focus. The developer or designer who can focus with full energy on one task at a time will be able to get through difficult problems faster and more effectively than their unfocused colleagues. On this episode, we talk about how to find focus and avoid distractions to help you get things done.
Questions? Email us
Tweet us @lovelettersco or @mistertrost
For more episodes + show notes, visit
Resources:
Pomodoro method https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique
Gretchen Rubin "Power hour" https://gretchenrubin.com/
Cold Turkey https://getcoldturkey.com/
Forest app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/forest-stay-focused/id866450515?mt=8
Insight timerhttps://twitter.com/InsightTimer
River with leaves https://www.google.com/search?q=river+with+leaves
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The Overlap - Focus for Designers and Developers
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The overlap is a show about the intersection of design and front end development. I'm Alex, I'm a front end developer
Speaker 1or designer on the show. We share our experience with each other about designing coding. We don't know everything, but we share what we do know and laugh about what we don't today on the pod. So today we're going to talk about focus. Yeah. So today we really want to dive into,<
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