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That sounds like a really, really good idea. Thank you.
What also works is Freedom (mac only): http://www.ibiblio.org/fred/freedom/ It disables ethernet for a specific period of time. You can only turn it off by rebooting. It's drastic (but I need drastic).
Has anyone here pointed out the irony of the guy who wrote Hacker News writing an article about distractions? I can't tell because I'm too busy flipping between tabs of stuff I clicked on here.
Edit: Don't just reflexively downmod this. Point out where I'm wrong.
Oh come on people... This one was rougher than the rest. Americans watch 4 hours of TV per day? Source? (Ok, there's Google, but that's not the good-old footnoted style.) Next, a bunch of fairly obvious things (TV is a time sink, so are other forms of distractions, and distractions prevent you from doing work!), then a submarine (plug for a personal investment). The "solution" of separating out a work machine isn't p…
Has anyone here pointed out the irony of the guy who wrote Hacker News writing an article about distractions? I can't tell because I'm too busy flipping between tabs of stuff I clicked on here.
Hacker News is just a half-baked Reddit clone with less functionality catering to a specific demographic, mainly people who want YC to endorse their start-up. Edit: Don't just reflexively downmod this. Point out where I'm wrong.
You're wrong on this count. Many folks here have already had YC "endorse" their startup, and so stand to gain nothing by being the hottest nerd on Hacker News.
I've found that it never works long-term. Your habits just adjust to the new situation. Every year ('cept the last couple, when I've been working) I go on vacation for 2-3 weeks to my parents' summer cottage, where there is no Internet access, no cell reception, not even a touch-tone phone. I find that I'm super productive for about the first 3 days, and then I end up playing a lot of Hearts. Without the different en…
This is a bit tangential: Every start-up that YC funds is potentially worth an essay. Isn't that why they are funded? They solve a problem that nags many. So I am not surprised to see Rescue Time linked in there (The title itself is a sure bet that it would). However, given the wide reach of pg's articles (beyond news.YC), should the link merit a disclosure? There's a fuzzy notion of when that needs to be done and I…
I think it's because nobody imagines pg would be lame enough to fund a bad product, and then promote it with his name. That would turn off lots of good potential YC applicants.
Has anyone here pointed out the irony of the guy who wrote Hacker News writing an article about distractions? I can't tell because I'm too busy flipping between tabs of stuff I clicked on here.
Hacker News is just a half-baked Reddit clone with less functionality catering to a specific demographic, mainly people who want YC to endorse their start-up. Edit: Don't just reflexively downmod this. Point out where I'm wrong.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps we can even make it work with only one computerL
Not the same thing. The idea is to physically move your body far enough away from one or the other. You can only do one at a time. Your reptilian brain must sense that something is wrong (or right). Flicking a switch while still sitting on your butt isn't enough.
Oh come on people... This one was rougher than the rest. Americans watch 4 hours of TV per day? Source? (Ok, there's Google, but that's not the good-old footnoted style.) Next, a bunch of fairly obvious things (TV is a time sink, so are other forms of distractions, and distractions prevent you from doing work!), then a submarine (plug for a personal investment). The "solution" of separating out a work machine isn't p…
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displays... http://www.nielsenmedia.com/nc/portal/site/Public/menuitem.5... Evidentally, 8 hours per day per household. I suspect nielsen is using their meters or whatever, which clock up time even when no one is watching. Some households just let it run nonstop. The internet doesn't bother me so much, though I've noticed my ability to read books has shriveled up al…
Seconded.