What’s the Deal With All These F***ing Productivity Blogs?
May 10th, 07 | 6 remarksDid I get your attention? The title of this post comes from the first line of this ridiculous rant I tripped across just a few minutes ago, and I felt compelled to put up a rant of my own. This guy strikes me as the type who likes to throw out big words (which he probably looked up right before putting them down) just to seem impressive.
His complaint is about productivity blogs and how useless they are, citing that those who write about productivity are guilty of “churning out omphaloskeptic, entirely self-unaware (and poorly written) drivel”. Omphaloskeptic? Please! Who even knows what that means (without looking it up)? It’s certainly not listed in dictionary.com. I Googled it just to satisfy my curiosity, and by the way, it’s practically meaningless in the context he chose to use it in. Now here’s a good word - ostentatious - and I think it’s a fitting description of the author.
I don’t mean to launch a personal attack on him, but his post is such an affront, he deserves it. I wonder, in fact, if he didn’t write it just to stir the hornet’s nest. Perhaps get lucky on Digg, or get a mention via pingback from Lifehacker itself, since he linked it specifically right up front? The funny thing is, he sets 43Folders apart. No argument here that Merlin rocks, but so does Lifehacker.
I’ve only recently began embracing the ideas behind GTD, having been terribly frustrated with my inability to get things done over the past year since my daughter was born. In fact I just picked up Allen’s book a few days ago, hoping to really put more into practice. I’m far from an expert, but I’m learning in doing, and I enjoy writing about the things I learn and what works for me.
The idea of freeing up my mind so that I can RELAX once in a while (and regain some of the creativity I feel I used to have much more of), is a goal worthy of pursuing, and I think everyone should pursue it at least on some level, even if only loosely following the GTD philosophy.
To me, GTD isn’t just about one man’s opinion anyway - it’s making a conscious choice to reform your work/life habits, get organized, and be more efficient. When I’m organized, I’m happy. Who doesn’t want to be happy? The author of that post maybe? ;)
Nice one girl! You tell him! ;)
May 13, 07 | 3:44 amLOL. Thanks Paul! :D
May 13, 07 | 9:31 amShame on you Charity. This guy can’t help it that he has an apodion caused by a lipocalin secreted from subsets of neurons and glia during neural development and aging.
Of course, he is a Mac user too. That may tell you something about him right there. %-)
May 20, 07 | 12:13 pmWow that was a mouthful! Good stuff. I’ll admit I did issue a short apology to the guy a few days after writing this post. I shouldn’t have let my temper get the best of me. He’s probably some high school senior with too much time on his hands (no dates) and no taste of the real world yet - otherwise he might value some tips on productivity. :) p.s. Sorry about the delayed response here… your comment was hung up in Akistmet.
May 22, 07 | 3:14 pmAh, that is what happened to it. I had a hard enough time typing that in once … and when it went away, I just told myself ‘forget about it’
I guess some of those words probably hung Akistmet out to dry trying to find meanings to them. I pulled that out of some Biology thesis off the net — because of his blog name ‘Apodnion’ and was trying to figure out what in the heck he meant by it.
May 22, 07 | 3:21 pmHe got to me, too. I think he touched a nerve.
Jun 3, 07 | 9:59 pm