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Some days I work hard and realize I did not get anything done. Emails, cell phone, twitter, blogs, IM, door bells, they are all one constant interruption. Our generation has gotten to much in the habit of the of “Now! - and get me someone while I am waiting!”.  I have people email me and if I did not respond in 1 hour they email me again and are “put out” because I did not answer already. Maybe I was taking a walk and decided to leave my iPhone at home to get some peace.

Days I decide to shut off email, IM, and the phone are days code flows from the brain to the fingers and into the computer. Those are the days I don’t have to look up as many examples of code because my brain is working the way it should when writing software. I think I am going to start two days a week only checking all the digital gizmos for request of contact/response once every two hours. This way I can do a “normal” week’s work in two days. Hey, who else is in!?!
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What prompted my rant was this article I read called “Why You Can’t Pay Attention“. It is worth the read.