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blog.pickcrew.com is the company blog at blog.pickcrew.com, writing about startups, career and productivity. Since 2014, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “3 Ways to Squash Burnout and Boost Productivity”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

17mentions?
17HN people?
2014–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2014

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

Why HN links it

Linked posts cover reading literature on screens versus paper and tips for burnout and productivity; one commenter traces a screen-reading claim back to a Scientific American article.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. 3 Ways to Squash Burnout and Boost Productivity
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-07-22

What Hacker News says?

  1. Turns out I'd just assumed the article I read was linking directly to research: http://blog.pickcrew.com/reading-retention/ . And here's a more detailed article that they were referencing, two steps removed (haven't read it myself): http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reading-paper-scre... .

    Comment linking /reading-retention/

    on “Reading Literature on Screen: A Price for Convenience?”
  2. Submitted Why I killed my standing desk as a story · 33 points

    HN discussion
  3. This is pure blogspam, just a link to an article on another blog. Original article: http://blog.pickcrew.com/squash-burnout-boost-productivity/

    Comment linking /squash-burnout-boost-productivity/

    on “3 Ways to Squash Burnout and Boost Productivity”
  4. Submitted The story of Unsplash – How side projects saved our startup as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The growth hacking myth: Why we all need to slow down – Crew Blog as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Getting people to respond to your emails as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Build to learn: Why you should make things no one will ever use as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Does Your To-Do List Make You Sad? Mine Did Until I Changed This. as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The psychology of simple as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted The growth hacking myth: Why we all need to slow down as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted 3 reasons your marketing needs a better design focus – Crew Blog as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted The Single Best Thing You Can Do for Yourself and Your Company as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted 3 Ways to Squash Burnout and Boost Productivity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted The psychology of simple as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted How to use science to make better decisions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted The Science of Learning New Languages as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Feel Like an Impostor? You’re Not Alone as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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