Comments on: Disconnected – Channels Of Communication http://lostechies.com/mokhan/2008/08/05/disconnected-channels-of-communication/ Just another LosTechies site Tue, 12 May 2009 07:06:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ray Houston http://lostechies.com/mokhan/2008/08/05/disconnected-channels-of-communication/#comment-9 Ray Houston Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:06:09 +0000 /blogs/mokhan/archive/2008/08/04/disconnected-channels-of-communication.aspx#comment-9 @Mo - For the past month or so (maybe it's been two), I've cut down quite a bit on the amount of time that I'm plugged in. I've pretty much quit IMing during the day and only check emails occasionally. Once a week I'll check twitter, but then realize that I'm not really missing anything and close it down (Chad called me wanting to know if I was still alive). I too feel refreshed and liberated. I plan to plug a little more than I'm doing now, but I'm not ready yet. It's like being on vacation! @Mo – For the past month or so (maybe it’s been two), I’ve cut down quite a bit on the amount of time that I’m plugged in. I’ve pretty much quit IMing during the day and only check emails occasionally. Once a week I’ll check twitter, but then realize that I’m not really missing anything and close it down (Chad called me wanting to know if I was still alive). I too feel refreshed and liberated. I plan to plug a little more than I’m doing now, but I’m not ready yet. It’s like being on vacation!

]]> By: mO http://lostechies.com/mokhan/2008/08/05/disconnected-channels-of-communication/#comment-8 mO Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:54:39 +0000 /blogs/mokhan/archive/2008/08/04/disconnected-channels-of-communication.aspx#comment-8 It happens to the best of us. Sometimes we just need a friendly reminder of what's important. Thanks for the kind comments! It happens to the best of us. Sometimes we just need a friendly reminder of what’s important.

Thanks for the kind comments!

]]> By: Jason Meridth http://lostechies.com/mokhan/2008/08/05/disconnected-channels-of-communication/#comment-7 Jason Meridth Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:02:27 +0000 /blogs/mokhan/archive/2008/08/04/disconnected-channels-of-communication.aspx#comment-7 What my wife is trying to say, is I need to read the book and work on balancing this out. LOL. What my wife is trying to say, is I need to read the book and work on balancing this out. LOL.

]]> By: Christina Meridth http://lostechies.com/mokhan/2008/08/05/disconnected-channels-of-communication/#comment-6 Christina Meridth Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:56:04 +0000 /blogs/mokhan/archive/2008/08/04/disconnected-channels-of-communication.aspx#comment-6 I think this is an important thing for anyone in today's world to learn not just programmers although from what I have seen in the programming world it is really easy to get info overload. There is so much out there to learn and see. And in order to stay ahead of the curve you need to spend hours researching and talking with others about this new technology. Before you know it you look at the clock and realize you have been sitting in front of the computer for the 10th hour straight in the same chones you were wearing yesterday...and possibly the day before if it is a weekend. As the wife of a programmer I can attest to how easy it is to get sucked into "TechieLand" where you can lose hours of time without even realizing it. But in the techie industry I think that it can become necessary to a point to have that research time. The industry changes so quickly and in order to stay with the curve let alone ahead of it you need that time. Although I think it is important for anyone in any industry to have balance in their work and home lives it can be difficult to manage. And inventions such as the IPhone make it impossible to resist logging in 24 hours a day. Jason'll kill me for saying this but when he got the IPhone there were times that I would see the soft glowing light of the Twitter page from his side of the bed. So I guess what I am saying although I rambled a bit. Balance is good if you can find it. Although if they want the book to be truly effective and read by those who need it most they would put it in an ebook. Just my opinion. :) By the way welcome Mo. Christina I think this is an important thing for anyone in today’s world to learn not just programmers although from what I have seen in the programming world it is really easy to get info overload. There is so much out there to learn and see. And in order to stay ahead of the curve you need to spend hours researching and talking with others about this new technology. Before you know it you look at the clock and realize you have been sitting in front of the computer for the 10th hour straight in the same chones you were wearing yesterday…and possibly the day before if it is a weekend.
As the wife of a programmer I can attest to how easy it is to get sucked into “TechieLand” where you can lose hours of time without even realizing it. But in the techie industry I think that it can become necessary to a point to have that research time. The industry changes so quickly and in order to stay with the curve let alone ahead of it you need that time. Although I think it is important for anyone in any industry to have balance in their work and home lives it can be difficult to manage. And inventions such as the IPhone make it impossible to resist logging in 24 hours a day. Jason’ll kill me for saying this but when he got the IPhone there were times that I would see the soft glowing light of the Twitter page from his side of the bed. So I guess what I am saying although I rambled a bit. Balance is good if you can find it. Although if they want the book to be truly effective and read by those who need it most they would put it in an ebook. Just my opinion. :) By the way welcome Mo.
Christina

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