Regina Ireland

I'm a Solutions Architect, developer and productivity enthusiast, living in Ireland. This is my personal website. I write about all things productivity for techies and life in tech.

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How to Unlock Peak Productivity in an Era of Constant Distractions

By Regina

In my 25 years working in technology, I’ve seen one mistake people make over and over again: They forget to produce high quality work that requires deep thinking and time. Let’s dive into the anti-dote to doing shallow work and how deep work can help us supercharge our lives....

Step Away from 10K: Why a Walking Streak is Never a Good Idea

By Regina

Why do so many of us actually want to walk or run 10,000 steps a day? Where does it come from? The concept of 10,000 steps was created in 1965 by a Japanese company when they tried to come up with a name for their step meter. They called it Manpo-kei, which means "10,000 steps per meter."...