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We’re human. We need time off. Instead of showing you how to actually do something useful today, I’m going to show you some great distractions.

An NPR story delves into the double-edged nature of email, and profiles one firm, U.S. Cellular, that's absolved its workers from having to look at (or respond to, obviously) company emails on...

Productivity blogger Andre Kibbe knows that he gets distracted early and often by hang-ups, inconveniences, and a school of distractions just waiting to take him away from his tasks. He recommends a...

We all know instant messaging has great potential to lead down the path of non-productivity, but researchers at Ohio State University and University of California have found it can be a productivity...

Windows only: Between instant messages, email alerts, and talkative coworkers, distractions abound at your workplace. Freeware application NextAction provides a floating window to keep your current...

Countless opportunities to waste time online have driven essayist and techie Paul Graham to an extreme solution: to disconnect completely. After trying various methods to reduce procrastination...

Solitaire and its many cousins might be the worst productivity-killers of all time, according to Slate, but they've also tutored Windows newbs and provided needed distractions. What's your take on...

You never have to decline 17 zombie bites again: Facebook finally offers long-overdue opt-out capabilities for applications and by sender. When you receive an application request, you can now click...

When that normally low key person you follow on Twitter starts flooding your timeline with tweets every ten minutes, you can temporarily unsubscribe to them using the TwitterSnooze web application....

Seemingly everyone has a home-spun remedy for the hiccups, from fright tactics to breathing exercises and beyond, but few consider where the gasping annoyances actually come from. The Growing...

The first message one could consider email was sent more than 30 years ago, and that's probably when people began associating angst and uncertainty with the words "Inbox" and "unread messages." The...

Simple web-based text editor DarkCopy is an online clone of previously posted distraction-free word processor Writeroom. Dispense with all the toolbars, pull-downs, and context menus at DarkCopy, a...

Even though that report is due by the end of the day, you spent the last two hours watching Family Guy YouTube clips because you just can't help yourself. If you regularly find yourself clicking...

Among all the projects available at the Mozilla Foundation, one little application, Prism (formerly known as WebRunner), hasn't gotten much attention. Understandable, in a way, because Prism seems...

When you're at a computer that's missing a vital file or application, like an office workstation that's locked down, a friend's system or coffee shop computer, you can still get to a desktop that...