No one likes meetings. Let's reduce their blast radius.

<p><a href="https://www.getclockwise.com/">Clockwise</a> is a time orchestration platform that optimizes schedules to create more time in your day. <a href="https://www.getclockwise.com/blog/clockwise-ai">Clockwise AI</a>, their new GPT-powered scheduling assistant, is launching in beta. Join the waitlist <a href="http://getclockwise.com/ai">here</a> to get early access. (They’re also <a href="https://www.getclockwise.com/careers">hiring</a>!)</p><p>Ryan wrote <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/04/12/are-meetings-making-you-less-productive/">a recent article</a> about whether meetings are making developers less productive.</p><p>Cal Newport’s instant classic <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/deep-work-rules-for-focused-success-in-a-distracted-world-cal-newport/8339760"><i>Deep Work</i></a> is about learning to tune out distractions and focus on cognitively demanding tasks.</p><p>Speaking of classics, Paul Graham of Y Combinator wrote about <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html">maker’s vs. manager’s schedules</a> back in 2009.</p><p>Connect with Matt on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/voxmatt">LinkedIn</a>.</p><p>Kudos to Stack Overflow user <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/2808815/joe-caruso">Joe Caruso</a>, who won a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/22/great-question">Great Question badge</a> with <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20361982/get-current-time-in-hours-and-minutes">Get current time in hours and minutes</a>.</p>