Comments on: Reducing distractions, increasing productivity http://www.peterkrantz.com/2008/reducing-distractions/ A blog about technology, visualization, music and unmanned vehicle experiments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:21:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Emil Stenström http://www.peterkrantz.com/2008/reducing-distractions/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 Emil Stenström Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:06:55 +0000 http://www.peterkrantz.com/?p=163#comment-2297 "Turning off yellow alert popups..." You can turn off the ones concerning with networking by going into the properties for your network connections, and unchecking the two boxes at the bottom (Show icon in notification area when connected + Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity". “Turning off yellow alert popups…”

You can turn off the ones concerning with networking by going into the properties for your network connections, and unchecking the two boxes at the bottom (Show icon in notification area when connected + Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity”.

]]> By: Pete http://www.peterkrantz.com/2008/reducing-distractions/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Pete Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:00:58 +0000 http://www.peterkrantz.com/?p=163#comment-2289 Ruben: I missed that option. Thank you for the tip! I really wish there was a standard API for app developers to set a "do not disturb" mode. That would enable people to turn off distractions from all apps at the same time. Ruben: I missed that option. Thank you for the tip! I really wish there was a standard API for app developers to set a “do not disturb” mode. That would enable people to turn off distractions from all apps at the same time.

]]> By: Ruben Bakker http://www.peterkrantz.com/2008/reducing-distractions/comment-page-1/#comment-2288 Ruben Bakker Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:25:12 +0000 http://www.peterkrantz.com/?p=163#comment-2288 I agree, sometimes we get so terribly distracted - there is clearly to much noise. "4. Removed MailPlane icon from taskbar. Done!" One tip: Mailplane has a "Do not disturb" mode. When enabled, it doesn't show any unread message counters, no Growl notifications do appear and no sound is played. You'll find it in the Mailplane menu. Cheers, I agree, sometimes we get so terribly distracted - there is clearly to much noise.

“4. Removed MailPlane icon from taskbar. Done!”

One tip: Mailplane has a “Do not disturb” mode. When enabled, it doesn’t show any unread message counters, no Growl notifications do appear and no sound is played. You’ll find it in the Mailplane menu.
Cheers,

]]> By: linked - distractions, git, cap, nyc. fun! | omg blog!! lol!! http://www.peterkrantz.com/2008/reducing-distractions/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 linked - distractions, git, cap, nyc. fun! | omg blog!! lol!! Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:03:02 +0000 http://www.peterkrantz.com/?p=163#comment-2287 [...] those distractions Peter Krantz has a pretty good list of things to destroy some of those nasty productivity killing [...] [...] those distractions Peter Krantz has a pretty good list of things to destroy some of those nasty productivity killing [...]

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