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My ten online vices

Read the original post at My ten online vices.There are online activities I never get around to — like organizing my photo library — and then there are the activities that are my eternal time sucks. To...

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5 solutions to hyperthinking and hypertasking

Read the original post at 5 solutions to hyperthinking and hypertasking.While working my way through the consultation paper on Canada’s Digital Advantage, I found myself: investigating the best way to...

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Strategies for managing online distraction from Steven Pinker

Read the original post at Strategies for managing online distraction from Steven Pinker.Psychologist Steven Pinker has a terrific op-ed in the New York Times this morning, responding to the recent...

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If we didn’t have computers…

Read the original post at If we didn’t have computers….LOVE Social Media but If we didn’t have computers-wouldn’t need #SocialMediab/c we wouldn’t have stopped being social in the 1st place. When I...

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The 5 questions to ask about online distraction

Read the original post at The 5 questions to ask about online distraction.New technology, in the form of mobile phones, email, texting, the Web, and, more specifically, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and...

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Protect your intention span from the distractions of social media

Read the original post at Protect your intention span from the distractions of social media.Tonight I coined the term “intention span” to refer to the amount of time that passes between intending to...

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Tweet if you like to procrastinate

Read the original post at Tweet if you like to procrastinate.I am always amazed at how much I get done on my focused writing days — the days when I leave the office and camp in one of the cafés or...

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My ten online vices

There are online activities I never get around to — like organizing my photo library — and then there are the activities that are my eternal time sucks. To qualify for my top ten list, an online vice...

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5 solutions to hyperthinking and hypertasking

While working my way through the consultation paper on Canada’s Digital Advantage, I found myself: investigating the best way to copy and paste text from a PDF to Evernote, leading to an open browser...

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Strategies for managing online distraction from Steven Pinker

Psychologist Steven Pinker has a terrific op-ed in the New York Times this morning, responding to the recent flurry of press about how the Internet is destroying the quality of our attention and...

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If we didn’t have computers…

LOVE Social Media but If we didn’t have computers-wouldn’t need #SocialMediab/c we wouldn’t have stopped being social in the 1st place. When I first shared this interesting tweet from online pal Brenda...

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The 5 questions to ask about online distraction

New technology, in the form of mobile phones, email, texting, the Web, and, more specifically, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social media, enables us to be in a constant state of distraction...

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Protect your intention span from the distractions of social media

Tonight I coined the term “intention span” to refer to the amount of time that passes between intending to work on something and actually starting work. Intention span: The amount of time that passes...

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Tweet if you like to procrastinate

I am always amazed at how much I get done on my focused writing days — the days when I leave the office and camp in one of the cafés or restaurants where ambient noise helps me concentrate and write,...

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My ten online vices

There are online activities I never get around to — like organizing my photo library — and then there are the activities that are my eternal time sucks. To qualify for my top ten list, an online vice...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

5 solutions to hyperthinking and hypertasking

While working my way through the consultation paper on Canada’s Digital Advantage, I found myself: investigating the best way to copy and paste text from a PDF to Evernote, leading to an open browser...

View Article

Strategies for managing online distraction from Steven Pinker

Psychologist Steven Pinker has a terrific op-ed in the New York Times this morning, responding to the recent flurry of press about how the Internet is destroying the quality of our attention and...

View Article


If we didn’t have computers…

LOVE Social Media but If we didn’t have computers-wouldn’t need #SocialMediab/c we wouldn’t have stopped being social in the 1st place. When I first shared this interesting tweet from online pal Brenda...

View Article

The 5 questions to ask about online distraction

New technology, in the form of mobile phones, email, texting, the Web, and, more specifically, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social media, enables us to be in a constant state of distraction...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Protect your intention span from the distractions of social media

Tonight I coined the term “intention span” to refer to the amount of time that passes between intending to work on something and actually starting work. Intention span: The amount of time that passes...

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