AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE: Looking at Personal Productivity Tools and Systems

摘要

The world's book shelves are full of productivity systems and approaches, such as Getting Things Done, Zen to Done, Do It Tomorrow, The Now Habit, The 4-Hour Workweek, and so on. Likewise, the Web is awash with opinions, experiences, philosophies, tips, and tricks designed to help us be more productive and feel less stressed - mindmapping, mind hacking, life hacking, Moleskine notebooks, hipster PDAs, and the perfect pen. There is a thriving subculture of productivity geeks, and even nonmembers of that club spend a lot of time thinking about how we can manage time better. There is also a rich body of academic literature about productivity. Much of it appears in the human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work communities, where there is a focus on optimizing IT systems to support both individual and team efforts.