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Email Interruptions Cost You 64 Seconds in Downtime

Need a reason to turn off that “you’ve got mail” tab, ghost box or other notification?
Every time it pops up, it takes an average of 64 seconds to regain your train of thought.
Via the Sydney Morning Herald:
It had been assumed that email doesn’t cause interruptions because the recipient chooses when to check for and respond [...]

Posted 13 September 2008 † Tom Chandler § Writer tools § Writing ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Could The Feelance Writer’s Most Important Tool Be The Lowly Spreadsheet?

I just finished a conversation with a client who wanted to send me money. Sadly, they expect me to perform a written act of marketing before sending a check, and they wanted a project estimate.
Long ago, I made a rule to never give off-the-cuff estimates on complex projects.
Perhaps I do it badly (perhaps everyone does), [...]

Posted 03 June 2008 † Tom Chandler § Business of Freelancing § Writer tools ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,