J.P.Cummins

October 12, 2008

Easily distractible

Does anyone else have this problem? When you start to do something, e.g., writing a blog entry, you get distracted by something completely ridiculous. Here's the internal thought process that lead to this entry:

  • It has been a really long time since I've written.
  • Actually, I think I should spend some time cleaning up this blog's CSS.
  • Naaa, I really need to write something.
  • OOOOoo!! I should write about how I like Microsoft or Seattle or something.
  • What am I thinking?? I can't write at home, it's too distracting! I need to go to the coffee shop.
  • drives to the coffee shop
  • Crap. Should I order coffee? It's already 7:45pm, I don't want to be awake all night.
  • Hmmm... should I write my blog entry online, with TextMate, or something else. spent 10 minutes looking at various Mac editors before deciding on TextMate
  • What should I write about? My original topic will take me forever to write, my second idea sucks, hmmm.... spent 15 minutes outlining my thoughts
  • Looked at some interesting mind mapping software.
  • Found myself on the OmniGraffle website, which lead me to OmniFocus.
  • Spent some time looking at OmniFocus, because I'm a non-practicing GTD nerd.
  • Pulled myself back together, opened up TextMate.
  • Decided that I should write about distractions.

Posted by J.P. Cummins ● Comments (5)

Comments

Charles Moss Oct. 14, 2008 at 12:24 a.m.

I am still somewhat amazed that you're using a Mac.

Charles Moss Oct. 14, 2008 at 12:33 a.m.

I apologize for my rudeness: Congratulations on the weblog engine!

J.P. Cummins Oct. 14, 2008 at 9:28 a.m.

Yeah, I'm loving the mac. I don't know why I didn't switch earlier. The next step: finding a cross platform text editor. I really want to use emacs, however, my fingers refuse to learn new keyboard shortcuts.

Benjamin Oct. 14, 2008 at 9:33 a.m.

You could use e on Windows, it's decent and very similar to TextMate, I like it a lot, haven't bought it yet though.

J.P. Cummins Oct. 14, 2008 at 9:37 a.m.

Yes, I've been using e as well. Kick ass editor (if you can ignore some of the buggy features) :/

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