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Asian Efficiency

Company blog · asianefficiency.comproductivitybusiness

Asian Efficiency is the company blog at asianefficiency.com, writing about productivity and business. Since 2012, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.

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10mentions?
9HN people?
2012–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2017

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Commenters link Asian Efficiency's guides on Getting Things Done and organising files on a computer, usually as reference material. No comment judges the writing itself.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Asian Efficiency is a place where you can find training courses with tips, tricks and techniques for the most effective ways to perform tasks.

What Hacker News says?

  1. In theory, GTD is great. In practice, it comes up short in several ways. TLDR - For some years now, I use a system called Agile Results [1]. It's a method (with less marketing behind it than GTD) which has been gaining traction for a lot of good reasons. I couldn't be happier with it. I won't get into the details, but its biggest edge against GTD is the flexibility. With Agile Results, you can let go for a couple of…

    Comment linking /agile-results/

    on “A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done”
  2. Submitted How to Read Books Consistently, Every Day as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Here are some links that I point people to https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15677/zen-and-the-art-of-fil... http://www.asianefficiency.com/organization/organizing-files... http://theblissfulmind.com/2015/09/14/organize-your-digital-... https://www.bustle.com/articles/171398-13-tips-for-cleaning-... And for all those LifeHAcker Hints; paste this into google.com book on organising files on your computer site:lifehacker…

    Comment linking /organization/organizing-files-folders-documents/

    on “Ask HN: Looking for a book on organising files on your computer”
  4. Submitted Steps for Getting into Flow State and Maximizing Productivity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Buffet and Gates Reveal How They Use Their Calendar as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted 6 Ways to Do Things You Don't Want To Do as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Diminishing Returns – Working More Does Not Mean Getting More Done as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted How We Use Scrum at Asian Efficiency as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The Silent Cockpit Theory of Time Management as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted How to Build New Habits with Mind Maps as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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