Skip to content

offline

I had my most productive day in ages today, writing nearly 4,000 words, including some that had been hanging over my head for ages. I was able to do it, despite spending some time coping with a big server outage (a UPS failed), because… well, I left the office and went to a cafe with no internet. I’ve been gradually dropping some of my connectivity in the name of getting more done- turning off all my planets from 9am-5pm, for example, and mostly dropping off IRC. But this was the first time in forever I’ve ignored email and the phone for a day. And wow, it was great. I can’t exactly turn off email 9-5, at least not in my current job, and I don’t really want to either. So I guess I have to figure out a better balance than I have had in the past. Will be interesting to play with.

Comments closed — Trackback URI RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was posted on Monday, May 22, 2006, at 6:45 pm by Luis. Filed in personal, work.

2 Trackbacks/Pingbacks

  1. tecosystems » because technology is just another ecosystem on 30-Nov-99 at 12:00 am

    links from Technorati

  2. tecosystems » because technology is just another ecosystem on 23-May-06 at 5:00 am

    links from TechnoratiDiscussion Group - Rails’ Ridiculous Restrictions, a Rant some negative impressions of Rails (via James) Stormy on Open Source Stormy on the launch of OpenLogic’s Expert Community; will be interested to watch traction for this as it maturesLuis Villa’s Blog » offline amen, Luis: while i still crave places that have wifi, it’s nice to disconnect regularly - i get a lot more done Michael Dolan Dot Com: Linux, Law, Open Source » Very interesting… Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu Google trend