“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. “ – Lao Tzu

Came across this quote today and loved it!

I am sure you’ll have enough to read on a daily basis so this might seem a bit overwhelming. Beware!
I came across a pretty comprehensive list of top 50 productivity blogs on Zen Habits and thought it might be a good idea to browse through them and bookmark the ones that could interest you. Over the next few weeks we will be tweeting selected articles from some of these sites. If you don’t want to go through all of these then follow @DeskAway and site back and relax. We’ll do the sifting and bringing you the best articles in productivity.

The A List

• Lifehacker
• 43 Folders
• Lifehack.org
• Web Worker Daily
• Get Rich Slowly
• Dumb Little Man
• Steve Pavlina

The Rest of Us (not in any order)

• Wise Bread Personal Finance Forum
• Zen Habits
• The Simple Dollar
• LifeDev
• David Seah
• What’s the next action
• Getting Things Done
• Scott H Young
• Productivity501
• Black Belt Productivity
• LifeClever
• Productivity Cafe
• steve-olson.com
• Pick the Brain
• The Daily Saint
• Daily PlanIt
• Life Optimizer
• Leadership Training | Cultivate Greatness
• The Cranking Widgets Blog
• My Empty Bucket
• HD Biz Blog
• Open Loops
• Motivational Speaker – Craig Harper
• Your Life. Organized.
• Effective Time Management
• Laura Stack – The Productivity Pro
• Make It Great! with Phil Gerbyshak
• Slacker Manager
• Managing with Aloha
• Getting Finances Done
• Neat Living Blog
• GTD Wannabe
• Organize IT
• Matt’s Idea Blog
• Ian’s Messy Desk
• Passion Meets Purpose
• patrickrhone.com
• Achieve IT!
• Personal Development For A Greater Life
• The Positivity Blog
• Change your thoughts
• Legal Andrew
• ProductivityGoal
• Success Begins Today

The world is moving towards virtual, remote, dispersed teams. I know many of DeskAway users work with remote freelancers, partners and employees. This article busting common myths on remote working might be helpful to all of you’ll (written by Avdi Grimm of wideTeams).

Working in a dispersed team has its share of challenges, but some of the fears that people have about remote work simply aren’t born out by the experience of real-world teams. Here are a few if the more common misconceptions I’ve encountered.

Working outside the office is distracting. This is one of the most persistent myths I’ve run into. Sure, working from home can be distracting. But out of the remote workers I’ve talked to, the majority find their home office a better environment for focused work than a traditional office.Which shouldn’t really come as a surprise. After all, if you work with people you like, it means that your workplace is going to be filled with people you have a lot in common with, having conversations about things that are interesting to you! While I’m not proud of it, I’ve had hallway conversations that lasted for hours at some jobs.Not to mention that when people can see you, they are more likely to interrupt you to ask you a question or get a status update. Proximity invites disruption.

Read the other 4…

Sahil Parikh’s interview is live on Zach Katkin’s Promana.net - a resource for project management related tips and software. Sahil talks about how he got started with DeskAway, what does he think about his competitors, surprising things running a web software company and future plans.

You can catch the entire interview here.