Comments on: 4 Ways Web-Workers Can Use Time-Wasters Effectively And Productively

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:02:11 +0000

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By: Derek Davis

Derek Davis — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:04:25 +0000

#1, #3 & #4 I’ve survived without. One day, I just got tired of Facebook and AIM and deleted them. I haven’t looked back since besides an occasional FB visit to talk to an old friend.

Twitter I disagree with. Maybe it’s just that I don’t add that many people to my follow list or something, but it doesn’t get in the way of my work whatsoever.

In fact, by twittering major breakthroughs in my day to others, I feel like I get a good rush of energy to take care of the next major “to-do” for the day. It’s almost like twittering your overcoming of something is more satisfying that just clicking the check button on Backpack or Anxiety.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:20:53 +0000

RSS Feeds… I follow many of the sites through it and sometimes find myself spending too much time on it, no to mention starring many of them for later reading. I’ve learned so much through them (articles, tips, tricks, …), but sometimes they can consume all your time…

By: Melissa B

Melissa B — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:58:07 +0000

All of these are my sweet spots. Although Twitter didn’t really catch my attention as much. Social Networking sites are mostly how I market my business, but my trick is to check it once in the morning and post my daily bulletin, then once at night, but no more than that. Some days I can have 10 emails through there, but I just pace myself and come back to it if it is taking me too much time. I have begun to find that I have some extra time, which is why I started my blog, the first ever for me so be gentle. :)

Actually, I must give props to this very blog for persuading me to start it. I am hoping to keep it going for a long, long time.

~Melissa B
MBaileyMotivatedMom.tk

By: nicholas burman

nicholas burman — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:50:01 +0000

Well, thanks for pushing Twitter, everyone – now I have to go check it out myself! Oh dear,here we go, the long slippery slope…

You forgot one other time-waster, the Daddy of them all – eBay! I may as well take my laptop and go work at the food court in my nearest mall!

I do use Facebook, I’ll admit, but I try to keep it to business related stuff. This stops me from downloading every silly application and having streams of ‘yo, whats up’ comments on my wall. It helps anyway!

Yup, great post, AGAIN!

By: erikko

erikko — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:21:36 +0000

for others, it may be a time-waster, but for us marketers, it is essential to promote our products online

By: stinson

stinson — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:24:14 +0000

i’m guilty. the two biggest ones on the list for me are 1) rss feeds and 2) twitter. i’m such an addict to rss feeds. i have burned so much time going through all the feeds that i have subscribed to, but at the same time i have come upon so much useful information since i started utilizing them. i have been trying to move towards a strategy like you mentioned, of only checking my rss subscriptions once a week, but i’m not quite fully transitioned to that habit.

twitter is pretty addicting for me too. it’s such a cool toy, and i just love browsing around to see what people say and/or link me to. there is a lot of useful stuff. twitter has also been great for me in that it has become a sort of immediate extension of my blog. i have also been able to meet and interact with other music people who live in my home town (nashville). bottom line: i’m an information junkie. great article.