In iOS 5, Apple added some slick multitasking gestures to the iPad that allow you to four-finger swipe to pull up the multitasking drawer, swipe left and right between apps, and five-finger pinch to view the homescreen. They also added AirPlay mirroring, which allows you to view your iPad’s screen on an Apple TV. Both of these features are great, but for whatever reason, Apple decided they were best relegated to the iPad 2. Here’s how to enable the new multitouch swipes and mirroring on your first generation iPad, no jailbreaking required. More »
You’ve read countless articles about the inefficiencies and mental harm of excessive multitasking. But your own brain seems to betray your best efforts at doing one thing well at a time. A newsletter for higher-level executives offers a three-pronged strategy for getting back into doing real work. More »
There’s a joke in here somewhere, but consider what happens when you study the work of 21 judges in Milan, Italy, given thousands of cases to move through and a roughly equal spread of work. More »
You juggle a lot of balls every day, and it’s easy to feel like everything gets 20 per cent of your attention, but nothing ever gets 100 per cent. It’s time to start giving your work your full focus. More »
Android lets you add a lot of things to your home screens — widgets, shortcuts, folders, apps — so much that organising it all can get overwhelming. Here are some tips for optimising your Android’s home screen for maximum productivity. More »
Android only: While Android has a few multitasking tricks built-in, Power Strip re-assigns your Home button to bring up a dock containing app shortcuts, folders and even widgets that you can launch at any point, without returning to the home screen. More »
