http://benrasmusen.com/technology/personal-online-code-of-conduct/ a web professional committed to creating value Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:35:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://benrasmusen.com/technology/personal-online-code-of-conduct/comment-page-1/#comment-9328 jenz Wed, 06 May 2009 14:09:53 +0000 http://benrasmusen.com/?p=158#comment-9328 It is hard to get away from - but once you stay firm and actually follow through with this - life will be a lot less hectic for sure! Good luck!! It is hard to get away from – but once you stay firm and actually follow through with this – life will be a lot less hectic for sure! Good luck!!

]]> http://benrasmusen.com/technology/personal-online-code-of-conduct/comment-page-1/#comment-9327 Paul Tue, 05 May 2009 16:43:55 +0000 http://benrasmusen.com/?p=158#comment-9327 I’ve been dealing with the same thing. In the past year I have turned all buzzing and ringing off on my blackberry beside from my wife and my boss. Turned all email notification off (mainly toast popups) and try to set times during the day to check email. Normally something like one hour into my day, somewhere mid morning, then mid afternoon, and once before I stop working for the day. One other trick that I have been doing is a "Top of Mind" list that I create once a week that I carry with me. Having a piece of paper is a good way to stay away from the time traps of email and the internet (ei I just want to check my calendar or add any item to my online task list and I some how end up writing an email to something that is not extremely important or view the newest post on Gizmodo). Well back to the “Top of Mind”, its two pages one page with key projects, task and to-do's with plenty room for writing in notes during the week. The second page is a blank weekly calendar with my business hours on it. At the start of each week I retype a new Top of Mind and then hand write times that I will complete the task from the first page on the calendar. Rarely do I stick to the calendar completely but if I'm 50% on target is way better than anything I was doing in the past. The other benefit to this is it’s a good way to track progress. Every couple months I will go back and review some on my old Top of Minds and its also good with updating resumes and doing self appraisals. Hope some of those ideas help and I really enjoyed this post. Thanks! I’ve been dealing with the same thing. In the past year I have turned all buzzing and ringing off on my blackberry beside from my wife and my boss. Turned all email notification off (mainly toast popups) and try to set times during the day to check email. Normally something like one hour into my day, somewhere mid morning, then mid afternoon, and once before I stop working for the day. One other trick that I have been doing is a “Top of Mind” list that I create once a week that I carry with me. Having a piece of paper is a good way to stay away from the time traps of email and the internet (ei I just want to check my calendar or add any item to my online task list and I some how end up writing an email to something that is not extremely important or view the newest post on Gizmodo). Well back to the “Top of Mind”, its two pages one page with key projects, task and to-do’s with plenty room for writing in notes during the week. The second page is a blank weekly calendar with my business hours on it. At the start of each week I retype a new Top of Mind and then hand write times that I will complete the task from the first page on the calendar. Rarely do I stick to the calendar completely but if I’m 50% on target is way better than anything I was doing in the past. The other benefit to this is it’s a good way to track progress. Every couple months I will go back and review some on my old Top of Minds and its also good with updating resumes and doing self appraisals. Hope some of those ideas help and I really enjoyed this post. Thanks!

]]> http://benrasmusen.com/technology/personal-online-code-of-conduct/comment-page-1/#comment-9326 The “Bog” That Is Constant Connectivity | benrasmusen.com Tue, 05 May 2009 14:44:09 +0000 http://benrasmusen.com/?p=158#comment-9326 [...] in the midst of drafting a new personal online code of conduct for myself to try and climb out of the “bog” and see what lies [...] [...] in the midst of drafting a new personal online code of conduct for myself to try and climb out of the “bog” and see what lies [...]

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