Your favorite blog authors ;-) are taking a bit of break for a portion of this and next week, so please enjoy today’s article round up (theme: time management and tech). We’ve also dusted off and re-posted a few of our favorite (and previously published) articles…just for your reading pleasure.

• Work Smart: Avoid Office Distractions With Time Blocking [FastCompany.com] Get distracted easily? Block out some time with yourself and you just might see your productivity soar.

• Sites and Apps to Get You Organized [LifeTuner.org] A Twitter friend shared this article with me and now I’m passing it on. Did you know that there’s an app to help you manage just about every part of your life?

• Better Working Tip: Reclaim the Morning [WebWorkerDaily.com] How do you start your day? By focusing a bit more on your morning routine, you may be able to avoid the scramble to get things done.

• Email Replies: Is Shorter Always Better? [Jeri's Organizing & Decluttering News] Brevity or clarity. Which one would you choose?

• 10 Ways to Keep Your Data Safe [Switched.com] Anyone can be a target of ID theft. Check out these reminders for keeping your data under wraps…or at least, out of the grubby hands of some hacker.

• Sleep May be Nature’s Time Management Tool [NYTimes.com] Interesting article on the reason humans need sleep…plus a fight between two sets of scientists who disagree.

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