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  Neil Winton

  2 years ago

  I love the graphic! And I know what you mean... I'm in the middle of S4 folios and Higher prlims... I've also got a 19 month old who doesn't like sleeping... and it's a long time until I can come up for air.
  
  There is LOTS I'd like to be doing, most of it productive too, but Christmas to Easter is a real stinker, and I just know I'll be up to my neck and feeling vaguely dissatisfied for most of it...
  
  Blogging is a phenomenal tool, but jotters don't mark themselves... yet... (Actually, my brother had the idea of sub-contracting our marking to an Indian <strike>call</strike>mark centre... sometimes I think it might not be such a bad idea!)
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  John

  2 years ago

  Hi Robert,
  I feel as if i am in the same 'lurking' zone too much of the time. One link leads to another and you are lost in wikipedia;-)
  Then I end up spending far to much of my 'heads down/on fire time' producing things that will never see the light of day or even get finished. Some of this has to do with the crossover between work and obsession/play, some to do with biting off more than I can chew.
  
  I saw an idea somewhere (heh) that to increase efficiency you should turn your computer on and work without reading emails for the first hour, when I add rss/web pages to that at least I get a good start in the 'head down' sector.
  
  Hopefully scotedublogs.org.uk will help to make the lurking/reading more efficient and less time consuming too.
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  jonesieboy

  2 years ago

  Neil - you're spot on about this time of year! Everyone seems to be looking stressed and weary at school. Still - only 6 weeks 'til Easter is it? I like the idea of sub-contracting marking! I wonder how much of a pay cut teachers would be willing to take to fund it? ;)
  
  John - I feel your pain! I've spent endless hours looking into stuff that turned out to be a dead end (trying to get my head around Zope 3 was a particuarly bad one!). Not checking email/rss sounds like a great idea - my usual work flow is something like this:
  
  <ul>
  <li>Realise I have something to do on the computer</li>
  <li>Turn on computer</li>
  <li>Machine boots up into Linux and shows 20 unread emails and 5 software updates available</li>
  <li>...</li>
  <li>...</li>
  <li>Remember that there was something I was supposed to be doing</li>
  <li>Maybe get it done</li>
  </ul>
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  Neil Winton

  2 years ago

  As a rule, I avoid doing LOL & co... but:
  " * Realise I have something to do on the computer
  * Turn on computer
  * Machine boots up into Linux and shows 20 unread emails and 5 software updates available
  * …
  * …
  * Remember that there was something I was supposed to be doing
  * Maybe get it done"
  
  FOTFLMAO...
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  jonesieboy

  2 years ago

  I think I need help!
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  John

  2 years ago

  Does this help: What does FOTFLMAO stand for? it did help me;-)
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  jonesieboy

  2 years ago

  Ah - no, it wasn't the acronym I needed help with :) - it was the inability to focus on a simple task on a computer. If you have a link to help with that I would be most grateful. It looks like I could also do with some help in expressing myself clearly!
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  Neil Winton

  2 years ago

  Never mind focusing on simple tasks... I can't even focus on the keyboard... it was supposed to be ROTFLMAO...
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