Comments on: Where I Waste Time Online

By: Link

Link — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:26:05 +0000

I think that my biggest drain is social networking sites, they cause no end of distraction for me when it comes to doing work, just a quick log in never is.

By: MudslideMama

MudslideMama — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:50:00 +0000

If certain websites (Fark, Reddit, ICHCB) didn’t exist, I’d get around 200 times more work done. On the other hand, if those sites didn’t exist, I might not ever know that 1) Florida is a cesspool 2) the mainstream media is out to get Obama, and 3) Cats speak a little like Borat.

Isn’t life more interesting knowing that sort of trivia?

By: Aurae

Aurae — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:08:33 +0000

Well, I like to frequent the forums, those at Suite101, Travelwriters and others, but they are only fun if they are busy. I check the news headlines at Yahoo!, check my e-mail about every 10 minutes and Facebook and Myspace in the evenings.

I need more fun favorites to check each day like you.

By: Bonnie Sayers (autismfamily)

Bonnie Sayers (autismfamily) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:19:58 +0000

I have not heard of the first two. I spent time lurking at a board that I have not signed up at, not sure why, but probably because unsure of a screen name and also they use terms and have rules too complicated = anyway it is boards.soapcentral.com

They have people in Canada post about shows that air there a day ahead of US and I read the spoilers and gossip.

I have been spending more time on http://www.epinions.com looking for things to review and rating other reviews.

I am also on twitter often, cafemom, and friendfeed. Have to go to amazon since a dinosaur book of my sons broke this AM as he stepped out of car at camp pkg lot.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:47:22 +0000

Ok, now that I think about it (a tiny bit). I do spend a good amount of time in IMs and also I’ve developed a bad habit of refreshing Twitter to see what everyone is doing. LOL

By: polyGeek

polyGeek — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:37:20 +0000

When I feel the need to break away from work I tend to go to my RSS feeds - Google Reader. Or ESPN.com is a favorite destination. And for breakfast I usually watch videos at NFL.com.

The only time I go to Facebook is when someone has added me or something and I get an email. Facebook just hasn’t caught my attention.

However, Twitter is running all the time - with the ‘twhirl’ AIR client. That isn’t much of a distraction for me though. I might spend 5-10 minutes a day, max, reading and sending twits.

By: HippyGeek

HippyGeek — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:34:41 +0000

Yeah, Blake, looking at one’s own stats is dangerously addictive. I make sure to waste a good chunk of time on Google analytics every morning, with coffee. At least I can pretend it’s “work.”

Now with facebook, there are so many neato things to do there that it becomes info overload. I have learned to cut back!

By: HippyGeek

HippyGeek — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:31:24 +0000

Yes, Jeanne, we can has time sucking black hole of doom! Bwahahaha.

I figure if i get sucked in to lolcats, everyone else should get stuck in there too.

Where else do you get lost?

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:28:38 +0000

I *LOVE* ICHCB!!!!! Bad bad you for showing me that site. hehehe

I can has time waster.

By: Blake Raab

Blake Raab — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:55:50 +0000

You know what’s funny? I posted earlier about Facebook being too cluttered, and one of their applications is where I waste a good bit of time. It’s called Mob Wars, and it really doesn’t take any thought. You basically just have to check on it to see if you’ve been attacked and spend your money.

I’ll also admit to being addicted to watching my website and blog stats. I use StatCounter for my website (website is http://www.blakesdesigns.com/store), and the standard WordPress stuff for the stats there.