Blog of Mr. Tweet

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Wish someone I'm following had re-tweeted this earlier. I must have been working if they did.

Hire a surrogate to Tweet, and Face for you!

Get into the habit of using them at the end of the day, just before I turn off my computer to leave. That's my reward for a good days work.

Twitter & Facebook are definitely not a distraction! How else am I going to pass an eight hour plus work day looking busy and immersed in work? There's only so much paper to shuffle around and file. So many reports/spreadsheets to create/update/analzye.

Who won?

But without Twitter and FB, I would have nothing to do.....

Yes you do, work! lol

Limit myself to the time before breakfast each morning. Trouble is - I'm getting up earlier each day - 03:30 this morning!

Thankfully (and annoyingly), my work uses WebSense which blocks FaceBook and Twitter. I recently figured out that I can work around that by using TweetDeck, but not for long I'm sure. Therefore, my biggest distraction is my phone (G1) which runs Twitter and Facebook very nicely. I adjusted my phone's "work" settings to run the message alerts silently. Then I just keep the screen on black out (only phone calls and texts break through). That helps alot. Plus, I just feel really crappy about my lack of productivity when I allow Twitter and Facebook to control my attention.

I tweet FOR my work. Yeaaah!

I don't get distracted by Facebook.

Twitter is another matter:-)

So, I've decided to choose to make Twitter a part of my working-day; twittering is working (very very enjoyable work :-)

Since I've been active on Twitter, I feel excited, connected and creative...
@ThisisKaye

Whenever I find myself reading/replying for more than 5 minutes, I turn them off for at least two hours to get some work done

Leave my phone at home it's the only way

Let´s face it. That is precisely the reason you use Twitter and Facebook while working: to receive some distraction in the midst of a tedious or tiring task. If time is of essence and something needs to be done, then I switch them off and get the job done.

I avoid personal distractions while on Twitter by wearing HUGE headphones and blinkers.

I misunderstood the question in the first place, so here's my real answer. I don't know. I think we need a 12-step program.

I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts dee da la de. There they are a standing in a row...big ones, small ones, some as big as your head. As you see I have way too much time on my hands "not working" and yet, I still can't seem to find the time to get anything done around my house! FB, MS, LJ, and Twitter! My head is going to explode! To distract myself from social networks I just close the computer and turn up the music. Dance and sing to clear my mind and pray to god that no one hears me!

I avoid worrying about the problem altogether. I quit working to spend more time tweeting!

I have no problems with personal distractions as I have no life without Twitter.

I use a timer, when 15 min is up I mark all as seen, I can only check it 3 x's a day.

simple....update ur status @ social networking sites like facebook,twitter,orkut etc as "Whenever u find me online wasting time[using facebook,twitter] kindly post me a msg/wall/scrap/tweet n say LOGOFF"
in da end u`ll b bugged up wid so many msgs that either u will stop opening dese sites or u`ll just go online,peep into ur posts n quickly sign out [tats wat i do :P]

Twitter blocks out all personal distractions. The question is, how do I disconnect from Twitter- it is addictive!

Since I run my business from home, it helps keep me company and saves me money since I don't go out to lunch as often, looking for signs of life.

put a link to your work website onto your facebook and twitter pages, so then youre 'always at work'

Maybe when the zombie apocalypse happens I'll stop using Twitter, then again, that would be an incredibly valuable tool to have.

Create really long passwords and constantly erase your browsing history and all stored information.

I use NutshellMail to get an email digest of all my Facebook and Twitter activity every 2-3 hours. The digest shows me new followers, quitters, dm's, @replies and search terms i track. I can also send tweets, dms, retweets, follow and unfollow commands via email. Its a great way to keep me connected on my schedule and if you are blocked from FB or T at work, it is compliant since it works through email. For disclosure, i am a co-founder, but do a twitter search of nutshellmail to find out what others a saying. http://nutshellmail.com

Follow work related tweets (tweeters or keywords) with RSS feeds and then treat them as regular work email ... unless you get distracted by email ... then just take your ADD meds on time ;)
My $.02
G

Adderall and Xanax.

I don't take things so personally and everything works out okay ;)

Its dificult but i tried to use facebook and twitter only from my mobile not on my pc this help me but since i am a twitter and facebook addict its really dificult :)

let go of "who i think others need to think I am, for me to be ____ (ok)" and then type anything that is:
1. true
2. kind and
3 necessary
(or harmlessly funny)

I don't avoid. Prioritize.

I got fired from my job because I was constantly on Twitter and facebook. Now I just sit at home, collect unemployment, and tweet all day long! Woohoo!

I use Peoplebrowsr.com and then group all followed by category. this helps me scan my work stack without being bogged down by news and other non-work specific tweets. Facebook is mostly personal for me, so I just ignore it during the day, with the exception of a couple of 'check in' times.

I don't! I put an academic spin on what I tweet and follow and feel justified.

I have one life. I am not work and personal. I am me. With that in mind I choose what to work on each day how and when. If I am getting all done that needs to be done in a healthy and joyous manner than whatever i am doing within that structure is fine.

It is about choices for me.

I'm my own boss so I don't have anyone to tell me "get off Twitter and get back to work" so I just set goals during the day...if I get X done I can spent 15 minutes on Twitter.

Simple. Work in a company with a firewall that blocks all things facebook, twitter, flickr, picasa, gmail, etc... Though I don't guarantee you won't be distracted by other things. We are who we are. :)

Avoidance is easy. We run Websense proxy at work and it is filtered out :D

facebook is good platform for marketing.

Leachblock in firefox.

I don't. They work perfectly together

I don't do the facebook thing unless I need to send a message out to the masses, but twitter is always on. I keep Tweetdeck running in the background and check it every half hour or so. But like others have said, my bosses are on twitter, so its never a real issue. :)

I simply cannot avoid it. I'm a procrastinator and anything that will distract me from the task at hand (I work for myself) is most welcome here in Nettiesville

If I'm using Twitter or Facebook at work then that is my personal distraction. Why avoid it?

I had a really really bad case of Facebook addiction during the my last quarter in college. It was ridiculous, when it was time to study or write a paper the good ol time management skills kicked in.

In order to get my facebook fix, I made a schedule. I will work for this amount of time, take a facebook and potty break, I will resume working at this time... and so on and so forth.

It was very effective for me.

Check it in the a.m., at lunch, and before you leave for the evening.

Frankly, I'm usually so caught up in them that I don't notice any distractions. I have to literally pull myself away. Sometimes I worry about that...

I Tweet and use Facebook as part of my working life, so it's the perfect excuse to have them both open!

I reclassify facebook and twitter as work and pretend that work is a distraction

The whole idea is to keep in touch with your contacts. With that said, you keep your fingers crossed and hope your son doesn't post a picture of himself barfing via FB.

I separated my brain into sections, it hurt at first, but now I can multitask like no other.

Sneak a peak at both during bathroom breaks and lunch via iPhone.

there's a few options that come to mind
1) Get a job that a)pays terribly so you cant afford a mobile with internet on it and b) doesn't involve using a computer
2) work for a boss who is a Luddite and therefore will have no idea what you are doing and will be easily fooled when you say it is work related.
3) Give up this whole 'work' thing and retire 40 years early.
4) get a job working for one or both of the sites.

well i usually go on it without my boss knowing (SSSHHH)

I have decided my target before click on the on/off buttom.

I use MinutesPlease: http://minutesplease.com/

I believe that personal distractions are good for the soul and that since I work alone at home, the connectness actually improves my productivity. Otherwise, working at home would be a social drag. Actually joined a number of new networking sites today and working to streamline yet increase my twittering and updating to further increase the portions of soul food! I think it's working for me.

While at work, I put up a HUGE sign that says - DONT BUG ME NOW - I"M TWEETING!!
Then I make mean faces at anyone who trys to talk to me about work and doesnt read the sign.
My boss just loves it.
:P

Use separate accounts. Keep your work-related connections on those accounts, and there will nobody there to distract you.

aa juzz cant ,.,. who wants 2 work man ,,.!!!

I keep Twhirl open so I can scan the popups when tweets arrive. I check FB twice, maybe three times a day, depending on whether or not I'm posting links to my work. It's distracting, yes, but you have to discipline yourself to know what the priority is. Unfortunately, I'm not always well disciplined!! :)

I keep an evil look on my face and snarl at anyone and everyone that walks by.

I keep an evil look on my face and snarl at anyone that walks by.

I just do it during the breaks between my work.

I'll make you a message you can't retweet (>140 characters that is):

Have your favorite drink nearby so you won't have to pause when you're thirsty. Plug in earphones and listen to http://simplynoise.com/. Shut down e-mail and other applications so TweetDeck is the only one active and you're set to go.

If you're focussing on something else you may replace TweetDeck with the name of the application you need for the "something else". If you don't like noise as sound then get something around 60bpm without voice.

Stop working so you can't be distracted while using Twitter or Facebook. :D

I can't :S

I set my web filter to stop Twitter except during lunch break. It automatically pops on then turns itself off. Finish the day productive.

All I have to think about is..What is helping me to pay the bills. Is it the job or twitter. Make's it easy to pay attention to the job.

Since I don't use Twitter for work, I am able to devote 100% of my twitterr time to personal use!!

Clearly I don't avoid distractions too well since I'm posting this!!

Mostly I just log into Facebook a couple of times during the day when I'm ready for a break. With Twitter, I use Spaz as a client and open it up when I'm waiting for something to load, waiting for a response, or in-between projects.

If discussions are getting too political (my weakness), I either waste the day with Twitter or just turn it off and try not to think about it and let it fester. :)

This is a seriously awesome app! Selfcontrol

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I have forgone smoke breaks in lieu of Twitter and Facebooking.

i make deals with myself. if i accomplish a task, then i'm allowed to look at facebook. for twitter, i use the tweetdeck, and don't allow myself to check out the chirp until i'm at a stopping point in whatever i'm doing. for example, i just got a chirp for 7 new notifications - gotta go!

In order to not get distracted by either of these two, I just don't log on. Easy.

I use FriendBar, TwitterFox, and Twitterbar for Firefox...

I have an infant interrupt me every five minutes.

Facebook is blocked here at work, so that's easy.

Twitter...I let myself look at it every 1/2 hour, BUT ONLY if I am within a couple of minutes of the 1/2 hour mark. So, if I miss the 9:30 Twitter timeslot, I have to wait until 10:00.

I guess it makes me watch the clock more, but it also keeps me from checking every time I switch application windows, too.

Its going to be harder now that I'm doing work-related Twitter, too. Hmmm.

I avoid being distracted by Twitter and Facebook by working in a job where i can't hear them ding in on my smart phone.

I have no problem working w- ooooohh!!! Something shiny on Twitter!!

Well, twitter isn't THAT intrusive.

Suggestion: You should let people download that image so people like me, who lives in countries far from USA can have that shirt made in local shops.

I don't. For me, the question is, how do you avoid working when using tools like Twitter and Facebook?

I have trained myself (through hours and hours of intensive work!) to tune everything out except for Twitter and Facebook. It's amazing but true ... children, spouses - even bill collectors - eventually learn to get their own food, take themselves to the ER, pay their own bills, and otherwise fend for themsleves. Distractions from Twitter and Facebook just aren't a problem for me anymore ...!

Only open after 11am and use Tweetdeck.

I try to follow fairly boring people.

I avoid distractions by only tweeting just before starting work, at lunch break and at the end of the day....otherwise too much time would go by without me realizing.....like on weekends!

Well since I am @ work on my lunch break doing this..I am not doing a good job of avoiding FB/twitter at work. BUT I do have a work FB/Twitter account seperate from personal..so at work i use those tools anyways for business purposes to reach my clientel. Once and a while I pull up my own account or check on my blackberry. I think as long as it isn't consuming your time completely, a little distraction isnt a bad thing to free your mind! Plus, just learn to be a super multi-tasker!!

I don't avoid them at work. I keep twitter, facebook, and myspace open on my desktop all day and periodically update my status and tweet from my desk. My job can be extremely stressful, and taking the time to tweet or post on social networking sites actually relaxes me. I use them to take a break from work. Keeps me at my desk more, too. Before I used to walk away and take a break a lot more frequently. I still do this, but less frequently. Social networking sites keep me sane at my job.

sorry, missed this one. (work work) What was the question?

the cerebral cortex is like a muscle, you can't work it all day. 10 minute breaks every 60-120minutes of work keeps me from going crazy thinking about work, gets me my fix and probably makes me more productive in the long run.

So simple - suggest that your employer register on twitter as a marketing tool and that you be made responsible for updating and checking progress. That's what I did. As it is actually your job to keep abreast of what is happening it can't be a distraction :)

I use Twitter and Facebook for work, so it isn't a complete distraction. But I do tend to keep it "hidden" and then only go to the services at specific times during the day to keep the work focused.