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Apparently, Finishing Things a New Online “Trend” (or, Singletasking??)

Amusingly, it’s now apparently OK to turn off the swirling tornado of notifications, alerts, bings and (bleeping) beeps that seem to define the working day for so many of us.
We can now move on to actually doing things until complete – one thing at a time – clear in the knowledge that its OK because [...]

Posted 30 June 2009 † Tom Chandler § Writer tools ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: ,

Distraction-Free Writing (or, How Even Old Writing Dogs Can Learn New Tricks)

My working day hasn’t grown less complicated over the decades. I used to openly mock techniques invoked in the service of productivity, but because of the temptations and interruptions of our connected lives, I now embrace them.
That includes my writing tools – a subject that remains at the core of writer geekhood.
One of the losses [...]

Posted 18 May 2009 † Tom Chandler § Writer tools ‡ Comments (17) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,