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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: , , , , ,

The Ubuntu Project Post#2: The Copywriter’s Software Dilemma

I’m a week into my Linux test flight, and Ubuntu is working largely as advertised.
It seems its reputation as a hard-to-use/hard to install OS is outdated – at least for Ubuntu. (For an amusing look at Bill Gates’ take on Windows XP usability, go here).

Over the last few days, I created and shipped a pair [...]

Posted 26 June 2008 † Tom Chandler § Writer tools ‡ Comments (16) ° Also tagged: , ,

The Ubuntu Project: Is Linux Right For Word Workers?

My six year-old HP laptop has never failed me. But lately, it has been making me wait.
It’s running Windows XP, and even after a clean install – once its 512K MB of RAM was burdened with service packs, security updates, anti-viral software and a modern browser – it becomes the Little Laptop That Can’t.
At least [...]

Posted 22 June 2008 † Tom Chandler § The Best Of the Underground § Writer tools ‡ Comments (55) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,