Tag: productivity

Why are Gen Z and millennials decorating dorm rooms like a Miami Vice set, blasting synthwave, and favouring zig-zag geometrics? This piece explores how neon and 80s patterns shape mood, creativity, and productivity - and how to use them without frying your attention span.

Microsoft Works was small, fast, and unabashedly useful. Its humble integration and friendly wizards solved messy, everyday problems. Modern productivity software-bloated, cloud-first, and fashionably segmented-could regain something important by reviving a few Works-era ideas. This article argues for a tasteful 'retro revival': compact, integrated workspaces, offline-first modes, template intelligence, and simpler mental models.