Comments on: Recouping Lost IQ Points from the Internets

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:18:36 +0000

@Dan – yeah – after reading this, I was going to reply “how about reading books”. Though this is a good post and I understand where it’s coming from… Google and the Internetz are just tools that lowers the patience bar for finding information. I think – if you still care to be good at old fashioned reading – “just do it”

By: Max Pool

Max Pool — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:35:56 +0000

Awesome tip – implementing it right now…

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:19:39 +0000

@Dan – I am enjoying some of my new organizational habits (because I’m not an organized person by nature), but I have to admit that quiet reading session in an easy chair is my number one way of relaxing and rejuvenating myself as well.

By: Dan Lewis

Dan Lewis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:09:50 +0000

I think cultivating a lifetime habit of reading books in peace and quiet has done more for me than anything organizational. I am not an organized person.

I had a rare spare morning on Saturday, so I biked to the library, checked out as much stuff as would cram into my backpack, then sat in an easy chair reading a novel for a few hours. I’m a family man and developer, but if I can’t read a book I go crazy.

I have an unorganized RSS reader with 2610 unread posts. I was caught up about a month ago. It’s a losing battle…

By: Robz

Robz — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:19:33 +0000

@Dewayne: LOL

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:20:57 +0000

@Dewayne – Good to see that some things never change. Geez, I miss working with you and your warped sense of humor…:-)

By: Dewayne Christensen

Dewayne Christensen — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:59:19 +0000

I started to read this, but then something new popped up in the Gizmodo bucket, so I had to go check that out. Maybe you should try applying some of that GTD stuff to feed reading. I’ll bet that’d work. Or just wait until the family goes to bed. At least until the Yeggermeister pops out a new one. Man, you ever try to read that guy’s stuff? Oops! Twitter’s calling! Ciao!

By: Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for August 22, 2008

Arjan`s World » LINKBLOG for August 22, 2008 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:09:51 +0000

[...] Recouping Lost IQ Points from the Internets – Russell Ball ‘ (…) what can be done to counter-act this GIADD (Google Inspired Attention Deficit Disorder)? ‘ Russell started by reimplementing the way he reads his feeds, GTD style [...]

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:07:22 +0000

@Tom – Yes, but every single one of you is in my Sunny Day folder, which means I still have to suffer through your bizarre Canuck humor on a daily basis…:-)

Seriously, I force myself to keep that folder down to under 10 blogs so that when things get really crazy at work and home I can fall back to a more manageable “Zero Bounce Zone”. The blogs in that folder tend to churn more frequently based on my own interests and how much of a blogging groove a particular blogger has been lately.

By: Tom Opgenorth

Tom Opgenorth — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:57:52 +0000

Hmmmm, I’m noticing that none of us Canucks are in your “Favourites”. We’re disappointed Russ. No “Potential Friend of Justice Gray” certificate for you (forged or otherwise).