Random: April 2008 Archives
Countless hours of my precious time have been wasted on the following:
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
AIM/ICQ/Gtalk
Email
And I am sure that others have wasted even more time. While each of these is fun, allowing people to be more social while using the Web, they kill personal productivity.
Distractions! It's so easy to turn away from a piece of work that requires effort and concentration to check your email when a new piece arrives, or to check your Twitter, or browse AIM profiles, or immerse yourself in your Facebook NewsFeed. But all of these distractions kill your personal productivity.
It has been a fight for me too. I made rule that I can only check email 3 times a day (for some this is excessive, for others this would sacrifice their livelihood). I only check Facebook in the evening, once, at a certain time. I've logged off AIM and only go on for a specific purpose for a limited amount of time (no more letting those pesky windows popup and distract me).
It's much better to allocate a specific hour to spend on Twitter than to spend an hour checking it back and forth throughout the day. It takes your mind off your work when you're constantly going back and forth.
YouTube
AIM/ICQ/Gtalk
And I am sure that others have wasted even more time. While each of these is fun, allowing people to be more social while using the Web, they kill personal productivity.
Distractions! It's so easy to turn away from a piece of work that requires effort and concentration to check your email when a new piece arrives, or to check your Twitter, or browse AIM profiles, or immerse yourself in your Facebook NewsFeed. But all of these distractions kill your personal productivity.
It has been a fight for me too. I made rule that I can only check email 3 times a day (for some this is excessive, for others this would sacrifice their livelihood). I only check Facebook in the evening, once, at a certain time. I've logged off AIM and only go on for a specific purpose for a limited amount of time (no more letting those pesky windows popup and distract me).
It's much better to allocate a specific hour to spend on Twitter than to spend an hour checking it back and forth throughout the day. It takes your mind off your work when you're constantly going back and forth.
The infamous Woz came and spoke at Cal tonight, and what an interesting person he is.
I can't say I like his speaking-style very much, though. He started by walking in, straddling the podium, and leading with a story (always a safe intro), but then the intro never seemed to stop. He just continued into a series of seemingly disconnected stories. After 20 minutes or so I was too absorbed to care.
It's so great to see such passion and devotion to engineering. I truly admire people who fall in love with something and stay fascinated by it for their lifetime.
I won't go into a recap or analysis of the talk, I am sure Jeff will do a much better job.
I can't say I like his speaking-style very much, though. He started by walking in, straddling the podium, and leading with a story (always a safe intro), but then the intro never seemed to stop. He just continued into a series of seemingly disconnected stories. After 20 minutes or so I was too absorbed to care.
It's so great to see such passion and devotion to engineering. I truly admire people who fall in love with something and stay fascinated by it for their lifetime.
I won't go into a recap or analysis of the talk, I am sure Jeff will do a much better job.
Jeff Jarvis is heated over the continuing airline debacle. Jeff Jarvis = Funny. I love seeing this side of journalists, realizing they are real people with strong opinions and "fightin' words" too.
If you read some of the comments on the Seeking Alpha page you will see that he says "buttfucked"...what a great word.
If you read some of the comments on the Seeking Alpha page you will see that he says "buttfucked"...what a great word.
I went down to Walgreens in Berkeley a few minutes ago. When I got to the counter, the employee asked, "How you doin'?". To which I replied, "pretty good, thanks. How are you?". His response: "Man, I just can't wait to go home..."
Wow. He even said it in such an unabashedly dreadful manner. If he doesn't want to be here, maybe I shouldn't either.
Anyway, bad employee.
Wow. He even said it in such an unabashedly dreadful manner. If he doesn't want to be here, maybe I shouldn't either.
Anyway, bad employee.
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