Comments on: 7 Guaranteed Ways To Waste Your Day http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/ freelance writing by a freelance writer that works in the freelance writing field Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Terry Didcott http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1501 Terry Didcott Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:48:21 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1501 Ha! Nothing wrong with reading RSS feeds - it's just something I don't do because I prefer just singling out a few blogs to read for the day and stick to that. The good and bad thing I see with RSS feeds is that if you're subscribed to a lot of them, then chances are you're going to read them all - and as you said yourself, three and a half hours spent just reading blog posts is a lot of time out of your day. Ok, it's not wasted, because you're learning all the time and getting to know your circle of bloggers. But it can take over a bit, like keeping one eye on the email for new stuff coming in all the time. Anyway, that leaves me more time to waste looking at my site stats... hehe! By the way, have you noticed how out of sync Google analytics is with Webalizer? Like way out - the other day Webalizer reported I got 843 visits but Google said only 23! Now that's more than a slight deviation! Congrats on your cool Alexa rank, by the way! Terry :-) Ha! Nothing wrong with reading RSS feeds - it’s just something I don’t do because I prefer just singling out a few blogs to read for the day and stick to that.

The good and bad thing I see with RSS feeds is that if you’re subscribed to a lot of them, then chances are you’re going to read them all - and as you said yourself, three and a half hours spent just reading blog posts is a lot of time out of your day.

Ok, it’s not wasted, because you’re learning all the time and getting to know your circle of bloggers. But it can take over a bit, like keeping one eye on the email for new stuff coming in all the time.

Anyway, that leaves me more time to waste looking at my site stats… hehe!

By the way, have you noticed how out of sync Google analytics is with Webalizer? Like way out - the other day Webalizer reported I got 843 visits but Google said only 23! Now that’s more than a slight deviation!

Congrats on your cool Alexa rank, by the way!

Terry :-)

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1468 Monika Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:47:15 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1468 Terry: what is wrong with reading RSS feeds? Love your new word BTW :-) chipseo: Hey Scott, you should see how I chased Santa Claus. It was worse than rabbits. Terry: what is wrong with reading RSS feeds?
Love your new word BTW :-)

chipseo: Hey Scott, you should see how I chased Santa Claus. It was worse than rabbits.

]]> By: chipseo http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1462 chipseo Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:48:48 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1462 Nice list... I think we can all be guilty on at least a few of those. Chasing rabbits is a big time waster of mine as well. It helps to make a list and stick by it. Scott Nice list… I think we can all be guilty on at least a few of those. Chasing rabbits is a big time waster of mine as well. It helps to make a list and stick by it. Scott

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]]> By: Terry Didcott http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1444 Terry Didcott Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:26:46 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1444 I have to admit, reading RSS feeds is not one of the things I do, thankfully! I also manage to stay clear away from newspapers and similar online media mainly because all news is generally depressing, which makes you angry or sad and there's nothing you can do about it so why bother reading it? You see, I don't waste time frivolously - I waste it by going round in circles doing real work haphazardly and therefore inefficiantly! Now that's productive unproductiveness!!!! ;-) ...which is not a word, but who cares? Terry :-) I have to admit, reading RSS feeds is not one of the things I do, thankfully!

I also manage to stay clear away from newspapers and similar online media mainly because all news is generally depressing, which makes you angry or sad and there’s nothing you can do about it so why bother reading it?

You see, I don’t waste time frivolously - I waste it by going round in circles doing real work haphazardly and therefore inefficiantly!

Now that’s productive unproductiveness!!!! ;-)

…which is not a word, but who cares?

Terry :-)

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1421 Monika Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:53:09 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1421 Thomas: Hey, welcome to my "home", its nice to see you here and I hope you found the blog interesting enough to come back. :-) Fred: LOL, maybe it is midnight and you have done all the work already. :-) Thomas: Hey, welcome to my “home”, its nice to see you here and I hope you found the blog interesting enough to come back. :-)

Fred: LOL, maybe it is midnight and you have done all the work already. :-)

]]> By: Fred @ Newest on the Net http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1414 Fred @ Newest on the Net Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:45:08 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1414 You are making me feel guilty. I am sitting here drinking my coffee and reading my RSS feeds. You are making me feel guilty. I am sitting here drinking my coffee and reading my RSS feeds.

]]> By: Thomas Sinfield http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1411 Thomas Sinfield Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:01:24 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2007/11/20/7-guaranteed-ways-to-waste-your-day/#comment-1411 Haha... so true. We do have to cut down on wasted time. Haha… so true. We do have to cut down on wasted time.

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