Technology “Time Stealers”
Trying to keep up with all the trends in technology can be quite a challenge with all of our other daily responsibilities. How do you find time to read and comment on blogs, listen to podcasts, contribute to wikis, follow people on Twitter or Plurk, send email, upload photos to Flickr, and browse the newest creations on YouTube? I don’t know how some people do it! They keep up with it all, in addition to raising a family, having a social life, and being productive in their career. Apparently they have much better time management skills than me, because I find many of these new technologies to be “time stealers.”
I can’t do it all, and I have had to let some of these tech tools go “by the wayside.” For example, I have not regularly read the blogs in my Bloglines account since mid-May. I tried to create an account on Plurk last month and just couldn’t get into it. I still listen to podcasts, but I have definitely cut back on the number of feeds I subscribe to. I’m behind in uploading pictures to Flickr, but I want to start doing that more often after my recent hard drive scare. There just isn’t enough time in the day for everything, so I have to be selective in how I use it.
So what do you feel is a “time stealer” and/or what tech tool have you given up?
