45 mins of cranking followed by 15 mins of chat, surf, coffee or rest the brain time works for me.
75% efficiency is probably a 50% improvement over my corporate life, where the expectation of response, pointless recap meetings and constant distractions meant a day getting nothing done was not unusual.
I also turn off tweetdeck, skype, the email client and browser windows as the mouse will wander if I don't!
Agree with the comments about the new tools allowing us share more, but the tools need to improve (or we need to adapt how we use them)
For me twitter is great for sharing to strangers, Facebook is for personal stuff only, LinkedIn reaches my professional / corporate audience. Choosing the right tool for what I want to share can mean duplication of effort, the automated solutions are not right for every topic etc etc
Google + and it's idea of circles feels much more natural and conversation focused but it will take a while to shake out the bugs and missing features as the user count ramps up. I am not sure I get it right now and need to invest some time in it.
All it seems good for right now is seeing animated cat gifs :-)
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45 mins of cranking followed by 15 mins of chat, surf, coffee or rest the brain time works for me.
75% efficiency is probably a 50% improvement over my corporate life, where the expectation of response, pointless recap meetings and constant distractions meant a day getting nothing done was not unusual.
I also turn off tweetdeck, skype, the email client and browser windows as the mouse will wander if I don't!
Agree with the comments about the new tools allowing us share more, but the tools need to improve (or we need to adapt how we use them)
For me twitter is great for sharing to strangers, Facebook is for personal stuff only, LinkedIn reaches my professional / corporate audience. Choosing the right tool for what I want to share can mean duplication of effort, the automated solutions are not right for every topic etc etc
Google + and it's idea of circles feels much more natural and conversation focused but it will take a while to shake out the bugs and missing features as the user count ramps up. I am not sure I get it right now and need to invest some time in it.
All it seems good for right now is seeing animated cat gifs :-)