Comments on: How distracting http://martinepage.com/blog/2008/05/19/how-distracting/ Sometimes in English, sometimes in French. Often about movies, tv, writing, technology and MontrĂ©al. But really - ni vu ni connu - it's always about me. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:42:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: D&D http://martinepage.com/blog/2008/05/19/how-distracting/comment-page-1/#comment-85582 D&D Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:05:19 +0000 http://martinepage.com/blog/2008/05/19/how-distracting/#comment-85582 After being sort of absent from the web during two months, I'm trying real hard to think through those questions... So that's a precious note (and link) for me... But... Happy to be back here. After being sort of absent from the web during two months, I’m trying real hard to think through those questions… So that’s a precious note (and link) for me…
But… Happy to be back here.

]]> By: karl http://martinepage.com/blog/2008/05/19/how-distracting/comment-page-1/#comment-85271 karl Tue, 20 May 2008 02:36:09 +0000 http://martinepage.com/blog/2008/05/19/how-distracting/#comment-85271 big big smile ;) but yes being out of connection has been very effective for me. Living in Japan and working for W3C offers another kind of pace, the most active geeks in terms of mails are located in North America and Europe, when I'm working, they are sleeping. I can get work done during this time. My new "policy" is not opening work emails during evening and night, so I will not keep working because the tsunami of emails happens during the night. The morning, I check my emails and start to reply. When I need to work on a document which requires writing or strategic thinking, I still go offline. I load the most important resources I will need for writing, then disconnect. If something is missing, I will write down a note for checking later when I have connection again. I keep focus on what I need to do, and work faster that way. For my emails I use imap, so I have a local archives of all my emails. I can reply offline to all mails then actually send them when I'm connecting again. Stress free, Getting Work Done. big big smile ;)

but yes being out of connection has been very effective for me. Living in Japan and working for W3C offers another kind of pace, the most active geeks in terms of mails are located in North America and Europe, when I’m working, they are sleeping. I can get work done during this time.

My new “policy” is not opening work emails during evening and night, so I will not keep working because the tsunami of emails happens during the night. The morning, I check my emails and start to reply.

When I need to work on a document which requires writing or strategic thinking, I still go offline. I load the most important resources I will need for writing, then disconnect. If something is missing, I will write down a note for checking later when I have connection again. I keep focus on what I need to do, and work faster that way.

For my emails I use imap, so I have a local archives of all my emails. I can reply offline to all mails then actually send them when I’m connecting again.

Stress free, Getting Work Done.

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