Taming your digital distractions

These machines were manufactured and initially marketed as devices to help us at work. We were told they would perform amazing feats of office derring-do - adding up rows of numbers effortlessly, turning our musings into beautiful magazine-quality documents, and letting us collaborate with one another across continents. Boy, that turned out well, didn't it? You get to your PC every morning with hours of productive time ahead of you. Next thing you know, it's 5 p.m. and you've frittered the day away on Digg, Hulu, Wikipedia and your fantasy football league. And no wonder - how can anyone expect to get anything done when you're plying your trade on one of the most distracting machines ever invented?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/technology/personaltech/17basics.html

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