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Hack 7: Limit Access to Time-Wasting Web Sites
“It’s too easy to scamper down the rabbit hole of the web when you’ve got pressing tasks to work on. .”
Related posts:

• Ban time-wasting web sites
• Invisibility Cloak update
• Netvibes distraction stopper Greasemonkey script

Hack 8: Permanently Block Time-Wasting Web Sites (Advanced, Windows/Mac/Linux)
“Is there a web site that’s utterly toxic to your mental state or
ability to work? The preceding hack describes how to block time-wasting
web sites during certain times of the day and week. Alternatively, you
can block sites at all times, until you explicitly release the
restriction.”
Related post:

• Ban time-wasting web sites

Hack 9: Reduce Email Interruptions (Easy, All platforms)
“Unread email is just another shot of the information drug your
hungry mind craves. It cries out to you, ‘Open me! Open me!’ However,
when you need to focus, do yourself a favor: actively control when you
check your email.”
Related post:

• Choose where your attention shifts next

Hack 10: Split Your Work Among Multiple Desktops
“The more space you have to lay out your materials, the easier it is to get a job done.”
Related posts:

• Download of the Day: Virtual Desktop Manager
• Download of the Day: VirtueDesktops (Mac)

Hack 11: Build a No-fly Zone (Easy, all platforms)
“Many modern office spaces have open layouts to “promote interaction
between departments”–which means they’re set up to distract you all
day long.”
Related post:

• Firewall your attention at the office

Hack 12: Filter Low-Priority Email Messages (Easy, all platforms)
“Millions of email messages course over the internet wire per
second, and some days it feels like a big chunk of them land in your
inbox. Your spam filter helps shuttle junk mail out of sight, but what
about messages from cc-happy coworkers, Aunt Eunice’s forwarded emails,
and mailing list messages that clutter your inbox with low-priority
noise?”
Related post:

• Essential email filters

Hack 13: Clear Your Desktop (Easy, Windows/Mac)
“It’s amazing how fast your computer’s desktop can fill up with
shortcuts and files and turn into a virtual candy store of colorful
icons beckoning your mouse pointer: ‘Click me! Click me!’”
Related posts:

• Clear your dashboard
• Keep your desk clean and tidy
• Give your desktop a clean start
• A clutter free desktop

Hack 14: Make Your House a Usable Home (Easy)
“Your home should be a tool that helps you get things done, a space
that’s a pleasure to be in and a launch pad for daily tasks as well as
your life goals.”
Related post:

• The Usable Home
• The usable home redux

Hack 15: Sentence Stuff to Death Row (Easy, all platforms)
“Prune your information channels down to the ones most worth your
time to keep up a solid attention firewall. One technique for doing so
is sentencing certain information streams to a virtual death row.”
Related post:

• Sentence software to death row

Hack 16: Drown Out Sound with Pink Noise (Easy, Mac/Windows)
“If your co-worker’s conversation down the hall is distracting you,
or your downstairs neighbor’s television is blaring up through your
floor, block out the sound with a soft static noise.”
Related post:

• Download of the Day: Noise
• Download of the Day: ChatterBlocker (Windows)

Hack 17: Keep Software from Stealing Focus (Easy, Windows)
“Ever been typing in a document or a password prompt and have a
pop-up take over as the active window? It’s not hard to instant message
a password to a stranger or unknowingly reboot your computer because a
Windows Update prompt asked while you weren’t looking.”
Related post:

• Ask Lifehacker: How do I stop focus thieves?

Stay tuned for more Lifehacker the book previews in the coming weeks. — Gina Trapani

Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day [Amazon]

(Advanced, Firefox)
(Easy, Windows/Mac/Linux)

Esses caras oferecem por U$1,00 um mil cliques válidos em sua conta do AdSense. É meio anti-ético na minha opinião e por isso não colocarei em risco minha conta de publisher no AdSense. Mas quem tá usando garante que é batata!

A idéia é um tanto bizarra, mas parece ter grandes investidores por trás. Os caras compraram um navio do tipo tanker, com bandeira Ucraniana, implantaram uma fazenda de cliquem dentro no navio e atracaram perto de San Francisco …

Os trabalhadores são todos Ucranianos e ficaram no primeiro momento, juntos por até 90 dias clicando em anúncios de sites clientes….

Imagina se essa idéia funcionar de verdade …seria o fim dos anúncios contextuais? Acho que não.. mas com certeza a política dos anúncios on-line vai sofrer fortes mudanças…

Li hoje no Blue Bus  que o Google começou a integrar o Orkut ao GTalk e ao Google Maps!
Desde hoje de manhã o GTalk, de fato, já está lá no meu perfil.. e já tem pessoas me enviando mensagens. Mas não vi nada ainda do Google Maps.

Esse tipo de integração é tendência, falando de aplicativos do Google.

Apesar do Orkut ainda ser considerado uma rede de relacionamentos pequena, se comparada ao MySpaces, fica evidente a necessidade de valoriza-lo integrado a outros aplicativos já amplamente difundidos e muito populares.

Uma pergunta que fica sobre a integração do Orkut com o resto da familia Google. O aplicativo de pesquisa, o Google Search, que é o principal produto do Google não vai ser utilizado para pesquisar o próprio Orkut? Demorou …