Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information overload?

Re:Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information ov... by bcoughlan on Saturday December 06, 2014 @11:35PM (#8711256)

> So now I spend a lot of time on very strict information diets.

What helped me was signing up to newsletters. Once a week I get newsletters summarising the most interesting links for HN, and also ones about Python, Big Data and Data Science.

I redirect HN/Reddit/Facebook to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file, because going to these sites is an automatic reaction in a browser, and all I need is a 404 to remind myself why I no longer visit them all day.

Lastly, I only use Facebook for chat but I get distracted by the feed. So I unfollowed everyone on my feed and now I don't have one.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information ov... by christiangenco on Sunday December 07, 2014 @12:01AM (#8711294)

For HN, there's the fantastic HNDigest[1] that sends you a summary email of the day's top posts.

1. http://www.hndigest.com/

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Re:Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information ov... by bcoughlan on Sunday December 07, 2014 @11:23AM (#8712600)

I use this one, nothing but good things to say about it: http://www.hackernewsletter.com/

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Re:Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information ov... by hgezim on Sunday December 07, 2014 @11:31PM (#8714924)

Thanks for the mention, Christian :)

Would love any feedback on the service!

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