Today’s inane image of the day:

As I type this, I have a Pomodoro timer running for 25 minutes to see if I can write a blog entry without getting distracted [not pick up my phone!].
For those of you who do not know, the Pomodoro Technique involves breaking up the work into time blocks. Currently I’m using a 25-minute time block, as a way to see how I feel about uninterrupted work for this amount of time, but hope to work my way up to 50-minute time blocks [wish me luck!].
It’s literally only been 5 minutes, and I’m itching to pick up my phone. Must. Resist.
This was all inspired by a podcast talking about this study on blocking mobile internet on smartphones. I was impressed by the results:
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