Comments on: Finding More Time in Your Day http://www.meryl.net/2007/10/22/finding-more-time-in-your-day/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Naomi Dunford http://www.meryl.net/2007/10/22/finding-more-time-in-your-day/comment-page-1/#comment-501578 Naomi Dunford Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:26:08 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/10/22/finding-more-time-in-your-day/#comment-501578 <p>Hi, Meryl, thanks for the yummy link. You're certainly right about time sucking web apps - I didn't even get on Facebook for months because I was terrified of the effect it would have on my productivity.</p> <p>Trent at The Simple Dollar said something cool about this in his Lifehacker book review:</p> <p>http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/07/review-lifehacker/</p> <p>"When I sit down to work on The Simple Dollar, the first thing I do is open the file C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32DRIVERSETChosts with Notepad and add the line</p> <p>127.0.0.1 reddit.com kongregate.com sitemeter.com mybloglog.com</p> <p>Then I save the file and close it. When I’m done, I just open the file again and delete the line. What does it do? Whenever I try to visit the distracting web site, I just get a blank page. This keeps me from burning a few minutes here reading reddit or a few minutes there playing a game. Note that this only works on Windows XP and Vista, though - the book provides other ways to do it with other operating systems."</p> <p>I won't pretend to understand it, but it looks pretty cool!</p> Hi, Meryl, thanks for the yummy link. You’re certainly right about time sucking web apps – I didn’t even get on Facebook for months because I was terrified of the effect it would have on my productivity.

Trent at The Simple Dollar said something cool about this in his Lifehacker book review:

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/10/07/review-lifehacker/

“When I sit down to work on The Simple Dollar, the first thing I do is open the file C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32DRIVERSETChosts with Notepad and add the line

127.0.0.1 reddit.com kongregate.com sitemeter.com mybloglog.com

Then I save the file and close it. When I’m done, I just open the file again and delete the line. What does it do? Whenever I try to visit the distracting web site, I just get a blank page. This keeps me from burning a few minutes here reading reddit or a few minutes there playing a game. Note that this only works on Windows XP and Vista, though – the book provides other ways to do it with other operating systems.”

I won’t pretend to understand it, but it looks pretty cool!

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