Avoid using scheduled tasks for reminders to maximize utility. Start with a simple request and edit for more specificity.

I recently wrote about my search for a task manager in “AppBITS: Sorted Seems Moribund” (25 June 2025), outlining my desire for a task manager that would help me plan my day by combining tasks with ...

At the end of my last column Build a precedence network, we created a PERT chart that described the sequence of tasks to be accomplished in order to complete our project. Every task had one or more ...

image: A recent study in Economic Inquiry found that people often respond quickly to no deadline or a one-week deadline, while providing a one‐month deadline appears to give them permission to ...

Enterprises looking to deploy multiple AI agents often need to implement a framework to manage them. To this end, Microsoft researchers recently unveiled a new multi-agent infrastructure called ...