Comments on: Group Interview – Distraction Free Internet http://www.productivity501.com/group-interview-distraction-free-internet/530/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mark Shead http://www.productivity501.com/group-interview-distraction-free-internet/530/comment-page-1/#comment-26470 Mark Shead Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:28:15 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/group-interview-distraction-free-internet/530/#comment-26470 @Louise - What software did you end up using? @Louise – What software did you end up using?

]]> By: Louise http://www.productivity501.com/group-interview-distraction-free-internet/530/comment-page-1/#comment-26469 Louise Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:13:52 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/group-interview-distraction-free-internet/530/#comment-26469 I went so far as to install actual content blocking software on my computer at work. I block all news, shopping, finance, email, communications, and non-work related sites. I set time-based permissions so I have a half hour at lunchtime where I can check personal mail and a half hour at the end of the day. If I try to visit a prohibited website, I redirect myself to a page that says "stop procrastinating!" It's very effective for me. Paying attention to a timer to see what I'm doing isn't the problem -- changing my behavior is the issue, and the software helps immensely. It's true that I can turn the software off if I really need to, but the time it takes to launch the management console and enter a password is enough to keep me from indulging unless it's truly important (e.g. bank emergency or something). I went so far as to install actual content blocking software on my computer at work. I block all news, shopping, finance, email, communications, and non-work related sites. I set time-based permissions so I have a half hour at lunchtime where I can check personal mail and a half hour at the end of the day. If I try to visit a prohibited website, I redirect myself to a page that says “stop procrastinating!” It’s very effective for me. Paying attention to a timer to see what I’m doing isn’t the problem — changing my behavior is the issue, and the software helps immensely.

It’s true that I can turn the software off if I really need to, but the time it takes to launch the management console and enter a password is enough to keep me from indulging unless it’s truly important (e.g. bank emergency or something).

]]> By: Ivan http://www.productivity501.com/group-interview-distraction-free-internet/530/comment-page-1/#comment-25071 Ivan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:07:12 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/group-interview-distraction-free-internet/530/#comment-25071 Just installed TimeTracker, which shows a ticking clock on the bottom of your Firefox window showing how much time you've spent on non-whitelisted (i.e. work) sites. Clock's ticking, gotta run! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1887 Just installed TimeTracker, which shows a ticking clock on the bottom of your Firefox window showing how much time you’ve spent on non-whitelisted (i.e. work) sites.

Clock’s ticking, gotta run!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1887

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