Comments on: Mental Radar

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:02:59 +0000

There must be something wrong with me because I swear, the more I have to do, the more I seem to get done. That might sound obvious, but once I've got pressing deadlines, my productivity almost doubles. It's pretty crazy. Melissa Donovan’s last blog post..Inside the Writing Community

By: Looking for a Moral

Looking for a Moral — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:33:43 +0000

[...] doesn’t even matter that I’ve cut my Firefox tabs down to just a couple (which was HARD, but the Speed Dial plugin makes it easy to find my most favorite of favorite [...]

By: Samar

Samar — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:27:08 +0000

Right now I have about 20 tabs open, and six different programs. I need to learn to limit them.

I’m with you on the mental radar view. I get the tasks that take less time so that I feel like I’ve accomplished something. Cleaned up the clutter a bit.

Helps me from feeling overwhelmed. Great post!

By: Sites To See for December 14 — Laurel Plum Online

Sites To See for December 14 — Laurel Plum Online — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:24:21 +0000

[...] Mental Radar from Punctuality Rules. What do you do to be able to focus more clearly? [...]

By: Mike Shields

Mike Shields — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 05:17:49 +0000

Well, it turns out that having more than 50 or 60 Firefox tabs open at the same time, really slows the comp down….

So, my next goal is to limit my # of tabs to 32 Hey, it’s a power of two, therefore I think my brain can handle it…

Mike Shields’s last blog post..It’s snowing at Word Press.

By: --Deb

--Deb — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:09:16 +0000

I’m the first one to admit that I have too many tabs open, but that’s partly in a (partially successful) attempt to be more efficient–if they’re open already, I don’t have to go digging through my bookmarks every time I want to write a blog post or check my email.

And then, there are computer issues. Don’t ask me why, but whenever I’m doing ANYTHING to Punctuality Rules, it’s SO SLOW. If I click Save in the middle of writing a post, it can take five minutes before it’s saved and available for me to write anything else … I can’t sit and stare at the screen for 5 minutes, so I go do something else instead.

But yes, absolutely … it’s all mental clutter. And did I mention? I hate clutter!

–Deb’s last blog post..Domain Question for You Experts

By: Janine Adams

Janine Adams — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:22:04 +0000

I always have a bazillion browser windows/tabs open and have been trying to limit those. Your message is a good one! I’ll keep it in mind as I try to keep the number of open windows down.

I use a similar approach to task management, incorporating Mark Forster’s “closed list” approach where I get to do whatever I want on my closed task list as long as all the items are done before I move onto the next list (which is started after I close off the first one). Here’s an explanation from Mark Forster http://tinyurl.com/markforster. I think it fits well into what you’re talking about.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:53:56 +0000

At the moment I have 4 tabs open. Twitter, though, is my biggest distraction lately. For some reason I've decided to leave TweetDeck open all day, which is a very bad idea. Brad Shorr’s last blog post..My Best Post of 2008

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:08:20 +0000

My main problem is that I get bored so quickly. Multi-tasking at least keeps me tasking! But seriously, when I have something 'big' I need to work on I switch everything else off and try and work offline - getting the resources I need from the net first so I don't have the temptation to 'play' when I'm digging around for things that I need. Joanna Young’s last blog post..When Adjectives are Necessary

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:16:07 +0000

I have just one window open. A month ago I decided to try and limit myself to only one open window at a time to improve focus. It works well for me, although occaisionally I allow myself two when I need a bit of info from one to work in the other. Gary’s last blog post..Friday Haiku #5: Time