The Oatmeal: How to Suck at Facebook
Spot on:
This Week in Browsing (Multi-Week Edition)
The 5 Browser Represented as Vehicles – I would have at least made the bicycle a road bike, because Safari is fast, too. (via)
The web isn’t rebuilding communities. We are.
I’m presenting at mLearnCon – what do you want to know about Mobile OS?
Who said the iPad couldn’t print? – Ha! (via HybridKris)
Android Running on the iPhone – oooh…I want to do this! (via Rich)
A different take on mobile learning (via Tom)
The Tweet Notebook – Overkill? Maybe. (via Aaron)
Dear Apple and Adobe – nicely said.
Axis of Awesome: Four Chord Songs
This is wonderful. (via Pipwerks)
Social Experiment 2010: Ridiculously Cheap Hosting
It’s time for another social experiment. In 2008 I did something similar with Spanning Sync and was amazed at the results.
In an attempt to generate some new money for charity, I’m throwing out a ridiculously cheap hosting coupon code for Dreamhost.
Use coupon code REDONK (short for redonkulous) to get $87 off a year of hosting, or other discounts on different plans.
For the rest of 2010, all proceeds will go to charity (Charity:Water, American Diabetes Association, Kiva, or make a suggestion in the comments).
So if you need hosting, or know someone who does, send them here (use coupon code REDONK)!
Interruptions in the Workplace
I love Big Think. Jason Fried (37 Signals) reports on the current state of the workplace (via Philip):
This is pretty accurate. Some managers are better than others, but the interruption concept is spot on. I love working remotely, in my cave (see Rands on his cave for more), because I am not distracted. If I’m in a zone working on a project, I can shutoff my phone and my email, my Twitter client and my IM tools, and just work.
In the office, even if I’ve done all of these things, there is still a high probability that I will be interrupted by a person or general office noise. Jason talks about removing the interruptions in the actual workplace. If you’re unable to do this, I suggest trying to get out of there, at least a day or two a week. It doesn’t have to be a home office, either. Just somewhere you’ll be more productive.
I’m curious what you think your managers will buy into first. Reconditioning the work environment to have less interruptions, or letting you work remotely. What’s your experience?
