Boost your productivity with free widgets

Who wouldn’t want to raise their productivity? Honestly, we know quite a few entrepreneurs who still think Output per unit of input, is the most accurate measure of productivity. It’s every shareholder’s dream to get more work done with fewer people. But why should anyone with a steady job, paid by the hour, ever want to become more productive? With the advent of ChatGPT, this question is more relevant than ever.

The cost of laziness

First of all, working by the hour is still a very common way of measuring productivity. But with new AI tools, this measure more and more feels like a remnant of other times, when people weren’t connected to the world. In those days news traveled slowly, while it nowadays moves with lightning speed across the globe, just like money, information, and people. There’s no denying it: for every employee, there’s a cheaper one available in another country. With the right prompts, you can get create value at blazing-fast speeds. Time is money, now more than ever.

Is productivity still optional?

One thing stands out in our minds: for better or worse, with our new and less predictable lives comes more responsibility. A personal responsibility. No government, no manager, no one will eventually make you decide what to do on a daily basis. You have to decide for yourself. Just as they won’t tell you how to vote (hopefully), you’re at it alone in your cubicle, trying to get the work done before your workday is over. Or, which is evermore the case in our increasingly flexible job market, before you get replaced by a seemingly better fit.

It’s a competitive world out there. You better take every advantage you can get, especially if it’s free to start.

And that’s where productivity widgets come in

Sometimes a slight improvement can make all the difference, and the great thing is, that they are available, even when you’re on a budget. Yes, you’ll need access to the Internet, but once you’re there you can bookmark and discover many interesting and empowering websites. You can take notes in your browser or bookmark widget to make sure your goals are met. You can read newspapers for free with RSS Readers you can configure just the way you want to.

Add to-do lists, with or without Google integration. Check your calendar right from your start page. Convert currency. And a lot more.

But most of all: like no time before in the history of mankind (let’s not be humble this time!) there’s a unique opportunity to find, curate and enjoy your own home in the digital clouds. Secure and safe, there whenever you need it. It’ll be there to connect you to every tool you might need to get the job done. Like ChatGPT. You don’t have to use your brainpower to find it anymore. It’s right there where you want it.

To us, that’s reassuring. We suppose it even makes us more productive, every time we open our laptop because we can do more than search online, or enter some prompts in a chatbox. We know exactly where our tools are, so we’re free to think and create.