Okay, whoever said that postponing your work to surf the web for hours is a total waste of time? During one of those session I came across Isolator, a nifty little program for the Mac that helps you focus on the work you actually have to do by toning down the visual clutter on your desktop (I’m using it right now… it is great!)
Besides the quieting of the screen noise I think it also works on a psychological level: flipping the Isolator switch also triggers your brain. By flipping the Isolator switch the I’m-ready-to-do-some-work-now message is send and the brain kicks into work mode.
Possibly even a simple button that you could flip between “Procrastinating” and “Working” would help you to get in the right mood; whichever mood you would prefer at that particular moment.
Now, if I could only resist the urge to blog about it, I could really get some work done.
gr.jakko
