Comments on: Destroy your timesinks. http://www.jonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/ Jon Jones is an Art Outsourcing Manager in the video game industry. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:02:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jonjones http://www.jonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/comment-page-1/#comment-270 jonjones Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:54:17 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/#comment-270 Chris: Mentioning the thirty minute intervals bit just made me think of trying timed tasks at home.. I'm gonna give that one a go. Thanks! Eric: The net, she's a bitch, eh? Jeff: See? Switching up activities like that can be an absolute blast! I've been doing a fair bit of DVD watching myself, and it's just as you say... it feels like a more efficient use of time. Instead of 8-hour blocks of TV, you consume it in 30-minute or 1-hour-long chunks, and with no commercials. Chris: Mentioning the thirty minute intervals bit just made me think of trying timed tasks at home.. I’m gonna give that one a go. Thanks!

Eric: The net, she’s a bitch, eh?

Jeff: See? Switching up activities like that can be an absolute blast! I’ve been doing a fair bit of DVD watching myself, and it’s just as you say… it feels like a more efficient use of time. Instead of 8-hour blocks of TV, you consume it in 30-minute or 1-hour-long chunks, and with no commercials.

]]> By: Jeff Houser http://www.jonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Jeff Houser Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:59:17 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/#comment-264 I don't pay for cable, so TV doesn't suck up too much of my time. In the psat year, my GF and I replaced most of our TV watching w/ DVD watching. While it doesn't get us away from the TV it does seem more efficient use of our time. Instead of Malcolm in the Middle / Simpsons reruns, we're watching Little House on the Prarie. My biggest time waster is definitely YouTube / Google Video, followed closely by reading blogs. But, as a web developer working remotely I can't justify not having web access at home. I don’t pay for cable, so TV doesn’t suck up too much of my time. In the psat year, my GF and I replaced most of our TV watching w/ DVD watching. While it doesn’t get us away from the TV it does seem more efficient use of our time. Instead of Malcolm in the Middle / Simpsons reruns, we’re watching Little House on the Prarie.

My biggest time waster is definitely YouTube / Google Video, followed closely by reading blogs. But, as a web developer working remotely I can’t justify not having web access at home.

]]> By: Eric http://www.jonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Eric Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:27:54 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/#comment-263 The net is my biggest timesink, easily. I've been better lately though. Pretty focused at work. Yay! Plenty to do at home as usual. :) The net is my biggest timesink, easily. I’ve been better lately though. Pretty focused at work. Yay!

Plenty to do at home as usual. :)

]]> By: chris holden http://www.jonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/comment-page-1/#comment-262 chris holden Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:57:54 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2006/08/25/destroy-your-timesinks/#comment-262 I've been pretty good with my time lately, surprisingly good. I have real shitty internet at home, but I'm not sure if that helps either way. What may be a distraction for some is a benefit for me. I've got a TV and DVD player here at my desk. I listen to episodes of TV shows all day. It helps me because it drowns out people chatter, and since it's tv shows that regularly run 30 minutes, I become aware of 30 minute intervals. I’ve been pretty good with my time lately, surprisingly good. I have real shitty internet at home, but I’m not sure if that helps either way.

What may be a distraction for some is a benefit for me. I’ve got a TV and DVD player here at my desk. I listen to episodes of TV shows all day. It helps me because it drowns out people chatter, and since it’s tv shows that regularly run 30 minutes, I become aware of 30 minute intervals.

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