We’re big fans of The Pomodoro Technique at Rocket Matter. One of the apps I have on my iPhone is Pomodoro Pro, which allows me to get into my productive groove no matter where I am. The Pomodoro Technique is simple: you set a timer for 25 minutes and work on only one task during that time. No email, Facebook, [...]

Have you ever been to a restaurant and seen someone a few tables down from you checking their constantly buzzing smart phone, occasionally ignoring a message but mostly responding to it? And in between, actually eating? Oh, and remembering to have snippits of conversation with their lunch date? Me too. But who am I to judge since I’m opining from [...]

Mind maps are a form of graphical note taking that help people organize their thoughts, clear their minds of clutter, and have a pretty picture to look at afterwards that’s a lot more useful than nasty notes scribbled on paper. We created a little 3 minute video you can watch to get started.

Certainly the chart rings disturbingly true, even for the most disciplined among us. How to combat its vicious cycles.

Timers, in this age of very limited time, unlimited Internet distraction, and electronic ADD, are making a roaring comeback, whether they’re simple tomato kitchen timers or fancy electronic doohickeys.

As the obsessive consumer of productivity and self-help literature that I am, I’ve decided to share with everyone the main recurring theme I read over and over again. It’s a short list….

We here at Rocket Matter do more than write Legal Productivity blog posts and create web based case management software for law firms. We deal with attorneys and legal professionals everyday. We understand the stressors, the mentality, and what makes people happy. So who better to turn to for gift advice? Without further ado, we present the first five of [...]

Constantly getting interrupted? See how you can train people to leave you alone with the Pomodoro Technique.