This post originated from an RSS feed registered with Java Buzz by Michael Cote. Original Post: One Small Battle Won Against Information Overload from PeopleOverProcess.com Feed Title: Cote's Weblog: Coding, Austin, etc. Feed URL: https://cote.io/feed/ Feed Description: Using Java to get to the ideal state. Latest Java Buzz Posts Latest Java Buzz Posts by Michael Cote Latest Posts From Cote's Weblog: Coding, Austin, etc.

When I came back from vacation, as the rest of the world, no doubt, I faced an endless number of unread items in my feed reader. Around 12,000. I suspect (or know?) a dirty secret in the feed reader biz is that no one really reads that much.

In the spirit of the naked desktop and a more distraction free work-top, I turned off two feed reader attention grabbers: the growl notification of new items and the dock icon that tells me how many unread items I have.

At the time, I didn’t really realize how much of a relief it would be. As with most others in the web-world, I’m continually battling to get and maintain focus on tasks (ironically, this post is distracto-rat-hole from a larger post I’m writing). So, even though the little “56 new items!” pop up and dock decoration was minor, it’s just one less shiny object to pull my attention.

…now…back to that other post.

Technorati Tags: infoglut, vienna, distractions