Comments on: Fixing a Broken Work Model

By: by Tim

by Tim — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:14:21 +0000

Well, er, welcome back … and welcome to the place where we use our computers to complain about computing

By: Monevator

Monevator — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:06:09 +0000

I spent two weeks away from a computer after about 365 12 hour days from 2006-2007. I can honestly say being away from the PC was like walking on the moon — in a good way. It felt weightless.

Alas I’m being to my 10 hour screen days again now. The perils of starting your own business!

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:24:05 +0000

Well written article.

By: HIB

HIB — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:18:34 +0000

Hey Tim,

I am a first time visitor to you blog and I really enjoyed this post I’ll be sure to check out the rest of your site or maybe I won’t based on the suggestion of this post.

By: Lenny Grosso

Lenny Grosso — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:14:39 +0000

You certainly have some provacative and inspiring words. Maybe I’m in denial, and I will try bringing your ideas into my workplace, but I manage several projects at any time. Those thoughts from yesterday are extrapolated and ‘recorded’ on my PC. I really need to review those plans, tempered with possible urgent interrupts from the phone & email, in order to prioritize the day.
Maybe I should create tomorrow’s one page hand done plan the night before!
Thanks

By: by Tim

by Tim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:13:15 +0000

Thanks for keeping Soul Shelter on your list, Dwight. Believe me, one post a week is all I can handle (ideas aplenty, yes, but execution is a different animal).

Before we started the blog, Mark and I thought hard about our posting frequency, and I think we hit it exactly right (and maxed out) on the first try. I can speak for both of us when I say that the probability our posting frequency will increase beyond twice weekly is exactly zero.

I envy your non-computing vocation. One of my goals is to compute less and less, at work and off. Like you, I prefer reading on paper. The book still far surpasses the Internet as man’s greatest invention, in my view (that sounds like a post thread).

We look forward to tales from your desert journey.

By: Dwight

Dwight — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:56:00 +0000

I’m kind of amazed at how much time the computer sucks from my life. My work doesn’t even involve computers, but I feel compelled to check a dozen blogs and news sites every day just to make sure I don’t miss anything of value. Then, I miss experiences of real value because I’m sitting at the computer.

So, I’ve deleted a bunch of RSS feeds from my computer. I’m keeping yours because you only write when you have something to say rather than trying to post every day. The same thing is true of Chris’s blog.

I’ll still look at Wisebread and read a few of my favorite bloggers, but not every single post by every single blogger….

Yesterday, I bought a journal made of real paper! Google Documents seems like a more logical place to journal, but it just wasn’t the experience I wanted.

(I haven’t made it to the desert yet, but will read Mark’s novel as soon as I do.)

By: by Tim

by Tim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:40:34 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, Chris. I’ve got a potential solution for you that I’ll post about soon (I can’t use it myself because I need to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for all my writing). Maybe Dell or one of the other big makers should sell Web-disabled PCs!

Following Patrick’s advice, going to take a shower now

By: by Tim

by Tim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:36:56 +0000

Patrick, I used the word "junkie" somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but as an expert in addiction (your Spiritual River site is terrific) let me ask you: Is there such a thing as Internet (or computer use) addiction? You're right—it's a digital world, and not computing is not an option. Therein lies the struggle for balance …

By: Chris Guillebeau

Chris Guillebeau — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:15:18 +0000

Hey Tim, inspiring as always. I also spend far too much time doing nothing of value here at the computer. It’s probably my worst work habit and I’m trying to change it.

For me I find that if I can keep the Firefox button and general internet stuff away, then I can write just fine with the laptop. But when I get online, productivity drops by a million percent. Or something like that.