Comments on: Freeing up Time: Beginning with a Different End in Mind http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/08/27/freeing-up-time-beginning-with-a-different-end-in-mind/ Thinking beyond productivity Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:44:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: J-Mo http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/08/27/freeing-up-time-beginning-with-a-different-end-in-mind/#comment-1621 J-Mo Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:44:28 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/?p=431#comment-1621 ROWE would be a great, great thing. Only snag would be that payscales/salaries--that whole concept--would have to be reinvented. Like many others, I work a 40-hour work week, because I can't afford (monetarily) NOT to. But yes. I'd definitely apply for work in such a workplace! That would rock! J-Mo ROWE would be a great, great thing. Only snag would be that payscales/salaries–that whole concept–would have to be reinvented.

Like many others, I work a 40-hour work week, because I can’t afford (monetarily) NOT to.

But yes. I’d definitely apply for work in such a workplace! That would rock!

J-Mo

]]> By: Andre http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/08/27/freeing-up-time-beginning-with-a-different-end-in-mind/#comment-1379 Andre Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:43:24 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/?p=431#comment-1379 @Vered: Thanks. @Sammy: Sorry. The comment fields in Wordpress don't appear to be optional from the admin page, short of hacking the theme to edit out the email blank. @Dan: It's definitely smart to plan alternative activities deliberately. TV does have a tendency to create more time famine than entertainment. @Vered: Thanks.
@Sammy: Sorry. The comment fields in WordPress don’t appear to be optional from the admin page, short of hacking the theme to edit out the email blank.
@Dan: It’s definitely smart to plan alternative activities deliberately. TV does have a tendency to create more time famine than entertainment.

]]> By: Dan Stratton http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/08/27/freeing-up-time-beginning-with-a-different-end-in-mind/#comment-1376 Dan Stratton Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:15:23 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/?p=431#comment-1376 Interesting concept. I had a situation kind of like this when I finished my degree. I was working full time and attending school at night. When I graduated, I made a point of finding things to fill the time with rather than revert to TV. I started piano lessons! Interesting concept. I had a situation kind of like this when I finished my degree. I was working full time and attending school at night. When I graduated, I made a point of finding things to fill the time with rather than revert to TV. I started piano lessons!

]]> By: Sammy http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/08/27/freeing-up-time-beginning-with-a-different-end-in-mind/#comment-1375 Sammy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:32:24 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/?p=431#comment-1375 This reminds me of "Why Things Bite Back" (see Amazon link below). The author contends that technology tends to solve problems by changing it from being severe and located into chronic and distributed. For example, before (American) football helmets, more athletes died from breaking their necks. Since they have been required, there have been almost no fatalities anually, but chronic back pain has become nearly universal among professional players. Before, most players were not as eager to ram their heads directly into others. Ironically, I had to rewrite this post because I did not enter an email address. I suppose the email requirement is there to ameliorate the problem with spam--which soaks up some of the advantage of email and blog responses... http://www.amazon.com/Why-Things-Bite-Back-Consequences/dp/0679747567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219951067&sr=8-1 This reminds me of “Why Things Bite Back” (see Amazon link below).

The author contends that technology tends to solve problems by changing it from being severe and located into chronic and distributed.

For example, before (American) football helmets, more athletes died from breaking their necks. Since they have been required, there have been almost no fatalities anually, but chronic back pain has become nearly universal among professional players.

Before, most players were not as eager to ram their heads directly into others.

Ironically, I had to rewrite this post because I did not enter an email address. I suppose the email requirement is there to ameliorate the problem with spam–which soaks up some of the advantage of email and blog responses…

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Things-Bite-Back-Consequences/dp/0679747567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219951067&sr=8-1

]]> By: Vered http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/08/27/freeing-up-time-beginning-with-a-different-end-in-mind/#comment-1365 Vered Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:43:01 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/?p=431#comment-1365 "the next time you come across a great tool or tip to save time, ask yourself, “What will I do with the time I save?” That's brilliant and a very important question to ask. You would think that we would be less busy thanks to modern technology, but apparently, we are not. “the next time you come across a great tool or tip to save time, ask yourself, “What will I do with the time I save?”

That’s brilliant and a very important question to ask.

You would think that we would be less busy thanks to modern technology, but apparently, we are not.

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