October 19, 2008

Cutting down my computer time

I realized that I’ve been spending way too much time on the computer.¨Ü It’s Google Reader.¨Ü The thing is that the whole idea behind using an RSS reader again was so that I’d be able to post more links.¨Ü But then I just ended up checking it all the time and not posting anything.¨Ü Sometimes I feel like I’d be more productive watching TV than reading about upcoming Korea-only cell phones and how so and so stuffed a supercomputer into a Genesis shell.¨Ü At least when I watch TV I tend to have a textbook out that I pretend to read.

I’ll set a goal so that I’m accountable.¨Ü I’ll try to post three links a day.¨Ü That seems realistic.¨Ü And I’m planning to cut my time at the computer to an hour in the morning and an hour at night.¨Ü That seems less realistic.¨Ü We’ll see how it goes.¨Ü My first step was to end the subscriptions of sites that have constant posts of things that are just interesting enough to read but mostly aren’t important at all (Gizmodo, Engadget, Kotaku, Lifehacker).¨Ü I’ll keep you updated.