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Self Control

Steve Lambert, New York, 2007

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Self control is a virtue that is hard to develop. With the rise of social media, self control has become even more of an issue. Working from a computer has many advantages. A person can keep up with the news, play a game or two, visit Facebook, and even tweet.  The problem is small breaks turn into long breaks, and work productivity goes down.

Digital distractions are the fabric of life now. This site dot-dot-dot.org adds ideas, and even more wonderful programs which are useful. The programs are not the problem, but the addiction a person can form with them is. It is so easy to do. Apps, new software applications, friends, and information streams in at a constant rate. It is all good, but distracting.

Now there is a solution to help a person block the digital distractions. The program is called “SelfControl” and Steve Lambert made it to help himself from meandering in social media instead of producing art. Creative people must have blocks of time to focus on creating. As every creative person knows gremlins lurk in the most unsuspecting places calling their name to do anything, but their work. The program is a free open source download at Steve Lambert’s website. Access can be blocked to items such as email. Facebook or Twitter by the user for a predetermined time. All other websites are available for use. Once SelfControl is started it cannot be undone by deleting or restarting the computer. A user must wait until the timer counts down. A little program to help creative personalities focus on what they love to do without any nagging or heinous punishment.

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Exploring the Internet When you are at Home Bored

The Internet has come a long way from the first days. You can surf the Internet on your home computer, laptop or even your cell phone. There are thousands of ways to enjoy yourself surfing or just waste time when waiting for an appointment. When you find yourself with some down time or are just bored on a Saturday afternoon, you can find a world of knowledge and fun right at your fingertips.

One of the great ways to have fun on the Internet is to surf and chat in forums. These are places you can go and talk to other people about the same ideas and thoughts you have and they share with you. You can find them on topics like working at home to recipes and relationships. There is a never ending supply as long as you are ready to talk.

Other people like to play games online. There are many types such as bingo games, online poker and games where you create your own farm or town. There are many different free sites such as Facebook that offer these games to play. Some of the other types like online poker may require a subscription fee.

You can find many different types of games from the casual solitaire to the more advanced fighting games. All you have to do is search for what type you are after and you will find thousands of options. There are also great games that you can play with people across the world from you, all in the comfort of your own home.

You can also feed your brain on the Internet. You can watch educational discussions, learn about new things or get that question you have had floating in your mind answered. The Internet is full of knowledge to share with you. You can have a great time discovering things you never knew even existed. Ask a question to your search engine and watch as the answers pour in.

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New Real Time Tool for Parents

There’s a big concern about the safety of children online, and it’s a concern that’s earned a right to attention. Children have disappeared and been harmed by people on the Internet.
Parents keep a good eye on their kids’ behaviors when they’re not online, and equal attention should be given to their online activities. A parent should know what websites their children are looking at and what kind of information they encounter or interact with, and certainly their online friends should be monitored. Sadly, it’s just too dangerous to let them go it alone.
There are all kinds of software out there that people can get to monitor their kids’ activities online, and they’re helpful. But there’s a new one out that lets people monitor the kids in real time. Just like the ‘picture in a picture’ function that some television sets have, parents can do their own online thing while keeping an eye on what the kids are doing at the same time.
Monitor Kids Online From Anywhere, Even Your Phone

Put out by its namesake company, ScreenRetriever (ScreenRetriever.com – download the free trial version) just released this new program that’s the only real time program out there. Internet experts in safety recommend putting the computer in a central part of the home, where it can be easily seen from more than one direction. That way parents can keep a better eye on what’s happening.
Children usually know their parents have the protective software, so there’s no need for secret monitoring. But, kids will be curious, will try and want to see things just because they aren’t supposed to see them. With real time software a parent can stop an activity right away.
Some of the pros about ScreenRetriever:
  • Get real time, up to the minute access to the child’s computer screen.
  • The ability to record the activity to view later.
  • Connect to all the kids’ computers.
  • See what they’re posting on Facebook and Twitter
Children’s or family computers are only accessible from within the house. Nobody else can watch the kids’ activities.
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Internet Connectivity- The Major Headache for Companies

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All of us know the fact that internet is a major tool that can be used for various means in an efficient way. You’ll be surprised to know that the internet could be very unproductive for companies. This is because internet connectivity is often misused by the employees for their own benefits such as social networking, downloading music, video, sending emails, instant messaging and many other activities thus bringing down the productivity.
A recent study has revealed that the employees of a company spend 10% of their time for checking emails, social networking websites etc. This would ultimately result in the productivity of the company. You can expect to come out of such problem by blocking these websites.
The latest news posted in the internet also attracts many of the employees across the world. They want to keep track of the latest happenings across the world and that is the main reason why they need to spend so much time in internet.
The amount of time each employee spends in internet is a major concern for the companies who want to see the best performances of the employees. Don’t think that they’ll be able to produce goods and services without the help of the employees. Productivity of the employee is the major concern for the companies. They want to ensure that everyone do their bit to life the performance of the company.
You need to be sure about that. The companies are taking steps to block the access to the social networking sites and other news sites which contribute to the major part of the unproductively in the company. This would surely reflect on the performance of the business of a company. You need to be assured that the productivity doesn’t come down. The best method would to allow access to all sites for 1 hour in a day.

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