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Timely just won 13 new awards from the independent software review site G2! Read why users rate Timely as one of the leading time tracking apps.

Award-winning time tracking!

Monitoring budget spending via spreadsheets can be hugely inefficient and inaccurate. That’s where budget tracker apps come in and here’s how they work.

Simplify project management with a budget tracker app

Remote teams don’t just fall into highly effective collaboration patterns; they develop robust communication structures. Here are a few tips to get started.

How to create a remote communication structure

What exactly is the Ivy Lee Method and why is it still relevant today despite being over 100 years old? The simplest is often the most effective.

Why the Ivy Lee Method still works 100 years on

We all have enough time to do something meaningful each day – it’s just a matter of protecting space for it. To reclaim your workday and find more time for the work that matters, try using the 4 Ds of time management: delete, defer, delegate and diminish. Here’s how to go about it.

Find time with the 4 Ds of time management

There are a ton of strategies out there to help you switch from “work” to “play” mode and here’s why everyone should have a workday shutdown ritual.

Workday shutdown rituals: 7 great ways to end the day

Do you know the hidden costs of distributed working? Remote work stipends are a great place to start. But what should you offer and why should you offer them?

What are remote work stipends?

Tracking overtime is a legal requirement in certain jurisdictions, but it makes good sense wherever you work — essential for managing resources and well-being.

How to track overtime accurately: low- vs high-tech

Video calls are seen as inferior to in-person meetings, but as hybrid working becomes the norm, we'd do well to remember the benefits of virtual meetings.

The biggest benefits of virtual meetings

Instead of multitasking, we should instead be practicing its antithesis: single-tasking. But what actually is single-tasking and why is it so effective?

Single-tasking: what it is and how to do it

Do less to do more. But what does this actually mean? Beyond working fewer hours, how can you put this theory into practice?

Work hacks: how to do less to do more

By becoming more aware of our individual micro-stresses, we’re in a much better place to deal with them. So how do we go about it?

Micro-stress: what it is and how to manage it

There are dozens of ready-made productivity techniques out there, but these are the most effective ones we’ve found.

10 smart productivity techniques you should know about

This article lay out a few different ways to measure your work-from-home productivity – providing statistics and insights to support and sustain the model.

How to measure your work from home productivity

Ready to get organized and increase productivity? Check out this post to bullet journaling mastery. Learn how to create a personalized system today!

Organize Your Life: The Ultimate Guide to Bullet Journaling Mastery

Academic study is a masterclass in time management. Time tracking can help you weather the worst, providing you don’t waste time with timers or notes. It’s precisely why we developed Timely – the first time tracker to automatically capture your activity in the background for you while you study.

Time tracking for students

Time tracking offers consultants so much more than just getting paid for work. Here is why every serious consultant tracks their time.

Why every consultant should track their time

Mentoring someone you never see in person? While remote mentoring can certainly be challenging, it’s not impossible. Use these pointers for mentoring success.

How to mentor when you’re working remotely

Never heard of the “fresh start effect”? It’s our tendency to take action towards a goal after a special occasion or key date has passed.

Use the fresh start effect to boost your motivation

EdTech is an incredibly crowded space. We’ve grouped together the basic online teaching software you should know about for virtual teaching success.

Online teaching software: the basic tools you should know about

With fewer digital and physical barriers between work and home, switching off from work is harder than ever. Here are strategies our remote workers use.

8 strategies for keeping work and personal time separate

Time confetti is likely eating away at your work/life balance. It leaves you stressed and feeds a whole host of problems. Here’s what you need to know.

How to get your time confetti under control

A build-up of attention residue can seriously limit our productivity. But what exactly is attention residue, and can we do anything to reduce it?

Attention residue: the reason why you can’t focus

Establishing a successful remote-first culture involves far more than just letting staff work from home. So what exactly makes a remote-first company culture?

What makes a remote-first company culture?

Unlock the power of the 80 20 rule and achieve more with less effort. Learn how to identify the vital few and eliminate the trivial many. Start today!

The Magic of the 80 20 Rule: How to Achieve More with Less Effort

Often, it’s the simplest productivity hacks that make the biggest difference. Task batching is a textbook example, but many of us struggle to commit to it.

Task batching: what it is, how to do it well

Ever been interrupted in the middle of a task and found it impossible to focus on anything else? This is the Zeigarnik effect in motion.

4 ways to use the Zeigarnik effect to boost your productivity

Searching for "productivity software" quickly reveals a ton of dramatically different solutions and you need to know which of the four main types you’re after.

The four main types of productivity software (with examples)

Work routines can become difficult to maintain when working from home. So what exactly makes a good work-from-home routine?

What makes a good work from home routine?

If you find yourself overwhelmed by working from home or just need a little discipline to stay focused, here are productivity tools for you.

11 best-in-class work from home productivity tools

The intense, protracted uncertainty we’re currently living through carries disastrous potential for our well-being. Here are five practical ways to manage it.

Managing uncertainty: 5 ways to support your wellbeing

Transform your work with the ultimate productivity journal! Achieve more every day with daily prompts, goal-setting tools, and habit trackers.

The Ultimate Productivity Journal: Achieve More Every Day

Slack is great for company communication and async working but can also derail your priorities. Here’s how to use Slack without destroying your productivity.

How to use Slack without destroying your productivity

Do you struggle with managing your time while working from home? Look no further than the work from home time tracker.

Work from Home Companion: Boost Efficiency with a Time Tracker

From project lifecycle management to managing team resources and time, here’s our pick of the best-in-class project management software for architects.

Best-in-class project management software for architects

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and unproductive? A work hours tracker can help! Learn why you need one and to achieve your goals!

Why You Need a Work Hours Tracker and How to Choose the Best One

While WFH has its perks, it’s also full of new distractions. If you’re wondering how to stay focused when working from home, try these winning methods.

How to stay focused when working from home

Here are the core remote project management tools we use at Memory to build and deploy across different time zones.

7 remote project management tools

Are you guilty of cyberloafing? Discover the hidden dangers of this modern workplace phenomenon and learn how to avoid distractions while staying productive.

Beyond the Breakroom: The Rise of Cyberloafing in the Digital Age

Home working can quickly become a lonely experience. Thankfully, there are ways home workers can socialize remotely to stay connected, human, and sane.

Remote team culture: 7 ways to socialize remotely

COVID-19 has triggered an open-ended remote work experiment. To tackle these anxious early stages, here are our best resources to help you.

Coronavirus: how to become a remote worker overnight

Not sure how remote team communication works? These will get you started – from daily check-ins and syncs to presentations, demos, and team meetings.

Remote team communication: 18 tools you should know about

Without being in the same room, team interaction needs to be highly descriptive, structured, and explicit. Here’s exactly how Virtual communication works.

Virtual communication: How remote teams talk

Remote work comes with cyber security risks, which can put employee and employer privacy in danger. To bridge that gap, here are the basics of cyber security.

Cyber security for remote workers: 8 ways to work safer

Our work engagement is in constant flux. Here are a few ways we can use self-determination theory to achieve work engagement Zen.

Autonomy, competence, & relatedness: the secret to work engagement Zen

While building a successful remote culture can take years, there are practical measures companies can take to make the transition to remote work easier.

Six ways companies can transition to remote work

With so many project calendar apps out there, which are best for managing resources, assigning work, and mapping timelines? Here’s our pick.

Project planning calendar: 5 best-in-class tools

Stay on top of your project management game with our ultimate dashboard for success. Simplify your workflow and track progress like a pro today!

Project Management Made Easy: Your Ultimate Dashboard for Success

While useful, notifications can make it impossible to focus. Here’s exactly how to block notifications across desktop, web, and mobile.

How to block notifications across desktop, web and mobile

New technology made remote work more practical, with 70% of the workforce working remotely for each week. Here are a few remote technologies driving change.

Six remote technologies that are changing the way we work

This month we welcomed students from Wentworth Institute of Technology, US to our Oslo office for a quick tour of machine learning at Memory. The group met with our engineers to see how we use AI to help people work smarter, and to learn what it’s like to work in a fast-moving Norwegian start-up.

Inspiring the next generation of computer scientists

Struggling with managing your time while working from home? Our guide to time management working from home has got you covered!

Time Management in the New Normal: Working from Home Made Easy

Majority of us still end up clocking in eight hours a day, at the bare minimum. Should we actually be working fewer hours? Find out more.

6 hour work day: should we be working fewer hours?

There are tools out there that can simplify your workflows and enjoy the uninterrupted flow. Here's our pick of the best productivity tools for developers.

Productivity tools for developers: what to try in 2022

Over 40% of the time we spend at work goes to tasks that don’t matter. By using the time management matrix, we can all start making better use of our time.

Time management matrix: what it is, how it works

Unlock the secrets to achieving flow state with these tips and techniques. Learn how to get into flow state and experience effortless productivity.

The Art of Effortless Productivity: Secrets to Achieving Flow State

A productivity timer can help us lock focus and stay accountable for each passing moment. So what exactly should you be looking for in a productivity timer?

4 productivity timers for locking focus and doing more

The meeting scheduler app market is booming, providing inventive solutions to a perennially unproductive task. But not all of these apps are created equal.

The best meeting scheduler apps are automatic

A good remote toolkit reduces information siloes and duplicated effort. Here’s our pick of the remote collaboration tools you can’t do without.

9 indispensable remote collaboration tools

Get in the zone and stay there with the Flow State Formula. Discover how to access your flow state and achieve optimal performance in any task.

The Flow State Formula: How to Enter the Zone and Stay There

Adaptability Quotient (AQ) is considered to be a company's primary predictor of success. But what exactly is AQ? Why does it matter and how can you improve AQ?

Adaptability quotient: what is it, why it matters

Outsource the meeting and planning time drains to intelligent tech. Here are some of the best meeting management software which helps you do that.

Meeting management software: 4 best-in-class tools

Here are some of the best AI applications for business offering unprecedented competitive advantage without the infrastructural overhaul.

8 of the best AI applications for business

From enabling cross-device information management to automating entire tasks, here are just six of the best productivity apps for Android to help you get there.

The 7 best productivity apps for Android

"In-office days" help workforces stay connected while reaping remote rewards. But what would this look like in practice? Let's find out.

Should remote workers have in-office days?

Spend less time tracking your time and more time doing what you love. Say goodbye to manual time tracking and hello to automatic time tracking.

Say Goodbye to Manual Time Tracking: Hello to Automatic Time Tracking

Boost your productivity on-the-go with these top-rated iPhone apps. Whether you need help with time management, focus, or teamwork, these have got you covered.

Efficiency at Your Fingertips: Top Productivity Apps for iPhone Users

It’s been a mad year of building, fixing, innovating and dreaming here at Timely. But we couldn’t have achieved any of it without your ongoing support. To toast all your brilliant ideas and feedback, here’s our pick of 2019’s biggest Timely highlights. Thanks to a wonderful year of collaboration!

Timely 2019: A year in review

To get the most out of your day, you need to control what you put into it. Setting an intelligent daily schedule is a no-brainer for achieving this. Thankfully, it’s easier than ever to work smarter – you just need to pick the right tools. Here are our 5 favorite apps for optimizing your schedule.

5 of the best apps for optimizing your schedule

Automatic time trackers promise to completely outsource one of your most hated bits of essential admin. But what does that mean in practice? Are they that much different from well-established timer apps used by most professional services? And do their benefits justify the hassle of switching tools?

Automated time trackers: 5 key benefits

Sincere feedback is a gift, even if it doesn’t always seem like a desirable one. This is the basis of the “Radical Candor” method, but is it the best way?

Is “Radical Candor” the best way to approach to feedback?

Hyper-connectivity made it hard to do productive deep work that requires prolonged, unbroken concentration. Here are a few anti-distraction apps to fix that.

Anti-distraction apps: 4 of the best for deep work

Identifying and managing disengagement early is essential for minimizing its effects. Here are the biggest signs of employee disengagement to be aware of.

Disengaged employees: 5 signs to watch out for

Our behaviour ultimately determines the productive potential of our time. Stay conscious and in control of yours with the best productivity apps for Mac.

The 12 best productivity apps for mac

To truly support employee health, you need to take action. This list synthesizes seven of the best ways managers can better support employee mental health.

7 ways managers can support employee mental health

Looking for the best productivity apps to supercharge your day? Look no further! These apps will help you manage your tasks, time, and projects like a pro.

Productivity Powerhouses: Supercharge Your Day with These Apps

Asynchronous communication is the secret ingredient to productive hybrid and remote workplaces. Here’s how it works and how to use it with your team.

Asynchronous communication: the secret ingredient to team productivity

How do you manage a person you hardly meet? How do you check their progress, balance their workload, give them support and steer them to your priorities?

How to manage remote employee performance

Even if you’ve created a solid budget estimate, you still need to scrupulously manage your the spend to ensure your projects stay profitable.

How to track a project budget accurately and effortlessly

Smartphones are ancillary to modern work, but as work tools go, they are ridiculously unproductive. Here’s how to set up your phone to stay productive.

How to set up your phone to stay productive

If you’re wondering how to raise working remotely, this article’s for you – it outlines exactly how to successfully ask your boss to work remotely.

How to successfully ask your boss to work remotely

"Psychological safety" isn’t a new concept, but it’s fast become one of the buzzwords in business. But what does it actually look like in practice?

The importance of psychological safety at work

Looking to become more conscious and intentional about how you use your devices? Step into the world of app usage tackers.

The best app usage trackers for mobile, web and desktop

While capacity planning is one of the least creative parts of project management, it’s essential you get it right. Here’s how to nail capacity planning.

Capacity planning – what it is, how to do it well

There are a lot of options and a good resource planner tool can simplify the entire process and cut scheduling down to seconds. Here’s our pick of the best.

10 resource planner tools that simplify project management

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Learn how to make a project schedule with our guide. From goal-setting to resource allocation, we'll show you how to craft a schedule that works for you.

The Ultimate Guide to Crafting a Killer Project Schedule

When used properly, OKRs can superpower company growth, health, and happiness. Here are the best OKR tools to keep everyone pulling in the same direction.

10 OKR tools to keep everyone on-track

Change at work is inevitable and healthy – no successful business is ever static. Here’s how to smoothen the transition and prepare people for change.

How to prepare employees for change

Project planning isn’t just about listing tasks. Here’s why resource planning is essential to every successful project, and how to go about curating it.

Resource planning: what it is, how to do it well

Looking for tools to improve your concentration? Here are our favorite unobtrusive apps for improving your focus and protecting your productive attention.

5 of the best tools to improve your concentration

Looking for ways to improve your project cost management? Our expert strategies will help you reduce costs, increase efficiency, and boost profits.

Mastering Project Cost Management: Strategies for Any Industry

Ever have days at work where you’re totally rushed off your feet, but have nothing to really show for it? If so, you've fallen into the shallow work trap.

How much “shallow work” do you perform?

Project focus, client confidence, and profitability all suffer when deadlines aren’t met. To help you deliver here’s how to create a project schedule.

Project scheduling best practices

Good and simple team planners visualize what people are working on, simplify collaboration and help you plan resources thoughtfully across projects.

7 simple team planners for effective collaboration

From its inception, time tracking has been used to increase productivity. Here are just many ways time tracking helps increase productivity.

20 ways time tracking helps increase productivity

While tight deadlines can motivate and inspire teams, they can also be wildly self-destructive. Here’s how to set intelligent deadlines.

Do tight deadlines work?

We’ve pulled a selection of simple project timeline templates, from no-frills solutions that excel at one thing, to sophisticated all-rounders.

Project timeline templates: 5 simple and adaptable examples

Don't let chaos rule your life anymore! Discover the top task management tools for busy professionals and start organizing your day like a pro.

From Chaos to Control: Task Management Tools for Busy Professionals

The best time management techniques improve the ways we work, minimize distractions, and lock our concentration. Here are the five top ones.

5 essential time management techniques