Top 10 Smart and Lazy Ways to Save Your Workday [Lifehacker Top 10] (7)
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If you leave the office most nights feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and behind on everything you've got to get done at work—even though you just spent 10 hours there—you're letting your workday get away from you. It's too easy to let the hours you spend at the office get stolen by meetings, email, interruptions, and impromptu co-worker chats that leave you saddled with busywork and too distracted to get the important stuff done. But with a ...
helpful advice from fucking americans (1)
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Lovely country: To the Editor: As I read of Diane McLeod’s unfortunate financial plight, I was struck by the photograph of her with cigarette in hand and ashtray on table. I wonder if Ms. McLeod has considered how much she could increase her cash flow if she were to quit smoking. $100 a month? $300 a month? Jonathan [...]
Email "Ding" Costs $70 Billion a Year [Distraction] (32)
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Technology is turning us all into a bunch of time-wasters according to The Observer, which reports that the beep of an email alert alone is costing the US economy $70 billion per year. Wonder what our Twitter habits are adding up to. [via]
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Laura said:
Allow me to give you one more distraction.
Email "Ding" Costs $70 Billion a Year [Distraction] (1)
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Technology is turning us all into a bunch of time-wasters according to The Observer, which reports that the beep of an email alert alone is costing the US economy $70 billion per year. Wonder what our Twitter habits are adding up to. [via]
The Anti-Joys Of Screen Sex With Julia Roberts [Distraction] (1)
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British actor Dominic West has made his biggest impression playing roguish Detective James McNulty on The Wire, but he's also find some success on the big screen: he played Renée Zellweger's lover in Chicago, and was soon after cast opposite Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile. In an interview in today's The Guardian, he recalls the illuminating, grueling, and sometimes extremely annoying experience of working with Hollywood's highest-paid actresses: "I learned a lot from working ...
Google Docs Adds Full-screen Mode [Online Documents] (26)
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Google Documents has added a full-screen editing mode to the "View" menu on individual documents, a convenience previously available only through a Greasemonkey script. Combined with Firefox 3's serious fullscreen capabilities and GDocs' fixed-width page view, it lets one turn the online office suite a no-distraction writing environment—provided you can resist popping open another tab with Ctrl+T. It's worth noting that Zoho Writer has a similar "Maximize editor" function, but it's not as severe as ...
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Sean said:
This is a very nice feature on the EEE PC. Drives the usability of gDocs way up.
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Daemach said:
This kind of thing is why this approach is still better than Microsoft's in the long run.
Google Docs Adds Fullscreen Mode [Online Documents] (28)
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Google Documents has added a fullscreen editing mode to the "View" menu on individual documents, a convenience previously available only through a Greasemonkey script. Combined with Firefox 3's serious fullscreen capabilities and GDocs' fixed-width page view, it lets one turn the online office suite a no-distraction writing environment—provided you can resist popping open another tab with Ctrl+T. It's worth noting that Zoho Writer has a similar "Maximize editor" function, but it's not as severe as ...
Twittervision shows tweets on world map (1)
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Twittervision shows real-time posts from Twitter users around the world on a Google Maps interface, providing odd insights from all corners of the globe. You can get added to the site by following 'twittervision' on Twitter itself, and use simple location codes to change where your tweet appears. We haven't managed to think of a productive use for this yet, but it's an interesting way of identifying new Twitter users who might be worth following. ...
I Dose Sends Binaural Beats to Your Brain [White Noise] (4)
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Web site I Dose offers several downloadable, streaming binaural beats designed to alter your mood. With offerings like Intelligence Increase, Aspirin (recommended against headaches), and Chakras opening, I can't vouch for the claimed restorative benefits of binaural beats, but at the very least they provide some solid white noise. If you're looking for more binaural beat control, check out previously mentioned SBaGen. On the other hand, if you just want a quick dose of white ...
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rorowe said:
Better than SimplyNoise.com?
I Dose Sends Binaural Beats to Your Brain [White Noise] (52)
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Web site I Dose offers several downloadable, streaming binaural beats designed to alter your mood. With offerings like Intelligence Increase, Aspirin (recommended against headaches), and Chakras opening, I can't vouch for the claimed restorative benefits of binaural beats, but at the very least they provide some solid white noise. If you're looking for more binaural beat control, check out previously mentioned SBaGen. On the other hand, if you just want a quick dose of white ...
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Richard B said:
kinda cool and weird. Haven't tried it yet but im thinking about it
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felix said:
No harm in checking out
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Dedalus said:
I wonder... Really works or just new age crap?
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Curt said:
I know someone - a true cynic - who has been trying these and claims that they seem to work.
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Josh said:
Holistic cures now available in streaming format! Haha!
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Better than SimplyNoise.com?
German Citizenship Test (1)
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As previously mentioned, Germany has introduced a citizen test for immigrants. Spiegel Online now has the full version with 33 questions:TAKE THE CITIZENSHIP TESTAre You Smart Enough to Be German?I got 32 right, I failed on the colors in the state flag of North Rhine-Westphalia. Outcome:"Well done! You would have no problem getting a German passport."I'm relieved to hear. Particularly nice the question:Which of the following do Germans traditionally do at Easter?Leave pumpkins in front ...
SimplyNoise Generates White Noise in Your Browser [Distraction] (12)
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Shared 20 times Tagged concentration (20) Digital Audio (27) distraction (21) focus (27) Webapps (61) white noise (33) Web application SimplyNoise provides a no-frills interface to configure relaxing white noise right in your browser. Just fire up the web site and adjust the sliding orb to the intensity of white noise that's your sweet spot. As the site points out, white noise can be helpful for everything from aiding sleep to blocking distraction, and SimplyNoise ...
SimplyNoise Generates White Noise in Your Browser [Distraction] (1)
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Web application SimplyNoise provides a no-frills interface to configure relaxing white noise right in your browser. Just fire up the web site and adjust the sliding orb to the intensity of white noise that's your sweet spot. As the site points out, white noise can be helpful for everything from aiding sleep to blocking distraction, and SimplyNoise is a no-nonsense application that does just that. If you'd prefer a little more depth and customization from ...
Turn Around an Unproductive Day by Rehearsing a Better One [Productivity] (1)
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Productivity blogger Andre Kibbe knows that he gets distracted early and often by hang-ups, inconveniences, and a school of distractions just waiting to take him away from his tasks. He recommends a form of bad day auditing—looking at every step that happened before you got off-track, and fixing it for tomorrow. Waiting for his laptop to boot, for instance, he pledges to check his action lists rather than zone out. The basic idea is to ...
