Comments on: Alone and Offline http://www.brianburridge.com/2006/11/14/alone-and-offline/ Brian Burridge shares his thoughts and opinions on Internet Software Architecture and Development, chronicles his current projects and areas of research, and give tips and tricks he discovers along the way. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:40:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Steven Pothoven http://www.brianburridge.com/2006/11/14/alone-and-offline/#comment-2902 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.brianburridge.com/2006/11/14/alone-and-offline/#comment-2902 I agree. It's hard to get much accomplished since every time you're about to "get into the groove" you get distracted. And it keeps getting worse with things like Blackberries and cell phones with IM so that you're no longer just distracted while in front of your computer, but even in the evening at home with your family. Here's another article which gives some imperial data to the amount of time lost by online distractions: <a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DTI/is_2_33/ai_n13470538" rel="nofollow"> Falling behind: has dependence on tech made us less productive?</a> - Entrepreneur, Feb, 2005, by Mark Henricks I agree. It’s hard to get much accomplished since every time you’re about to “get into the groove” you get distracted. And it keeps getting worse with things like Blackberries and cell phones with IM so that you’re no longer just distracted while in front of your computer, but even in the evening at home with your family.

Here’s another article which gives some imperial data to the amount of time lost by online distractions:

Falling behind: has dependence on tech made us less productive? - Entrepreneur, Feb, 2005, by Mark Henricks

]]> by: David http://www.brianburridge.com/2006/11/14/alone-and-offline/#comment-2896 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:56:43 +0000 http://www.brianburridge.com/2006/11/14/alone-and-offline/#comment-2896 If you ever get a chance, you should check out Andy Hunt's talk on Wetware: http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/show_session_view.jsp?sessionId=3265&#38;showId=70 If you ever get a chance, you should check out Andy Hunt’s talk on Wetware:

http://www.nofluffjuststuff.com/show_session_view.jsp?sessionId=3265&showId=70

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