Drape's Takes - Latest Comments in Time Suck

Re: Time Suck

Darren Draper — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:15:16 -0000

Exactly. And are you sure you want to live with the consequences of
these actions (I'm guilty, too, you know)?

In this vein, what consequences do you foresee?

Re: Time Suck

Tim Wicks — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:52:20 -0000

Yes Darren, it has crept up on me. I only realised this week that I was checking twitter, writing in blogs, updating my status in facebook and installing another plugin on my own blog, instead of tending to the long list of things I had been 'meaning to get to'.

Still, I am an adult and I choose my behaviours.

Re: Time Suck

Kim Caise — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:21:15 -0000

Hi Darren! I co-host Classroom 2.0 LIVE! with Peggy George and Lorna Costantini each Saturday in Elluminate at 11am central/12pm eastern. We would like to invite you to join us on May 2 to talk about 'Inbox Zero' and managing social networks. Could you email so I can send you more details? Thanks!

Kim Caise
Classroom 2.0 LIVE!

Re: Time Suck

Darren Draper — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:54:34 -0000

I hear you, Chris. These tools are very useful, engaging, and
ultimately essential to learning in the current landscape.

Therefore, it's not that they're inherently and always "bad".

However, how "good" would a hammer be if we were to focus hours upon
end, daily, even to the point of longing for it when separated from it
for a mere 24 hours? In my opinion, this kind of infatuation is
definitely not healthy, but is assuredly shared by youth and adult
alike in this, our modern world.

Re: Time Suck

Chad Lehman — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:32:23 -0000

I know exactly what you mean. There have been too many nights when I was on Facebook or Twitter when I should have been sleeping or doing something else. Rarely can I visit these tools for only a few minutes. Usually, I start and the next thing I know, it's an hour later.