Think & Play
Thoughtplay is the creative team behind various popular websites and other projects. At this blog we give away bright ideas regularly, and comment on interesting trends both online and off. The thought channel is for more business-related trends, play looks at entertainment and leisure, and thoughtplay introduces our own creative ideas, as well as news about our projects.
Not getting things done | 090707
There's a huge wave of 'productivity' sites on the web, notably Lifehacker, Merlin Mann's 43 Folders and David Allen's Getting Things Done movement. But we rather prefer the approach of structured procrastination advocated by philosophy professor John Perry: in essence, procrastinators are often incredibly productive while putting off what they're actually supposed to be doing. In this vein, there's an early (1949) essay by Robert Benchley, and some interesting alternative productivity roundups at blog.pmarca.com, plus Richard Oliver's purposive drift project.
We only wrote this entry, of course, because there was something more important to get done.
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