Comments on: What’s the first thing you do when you get to work? http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work How to communicate Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: donoho http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-179685 donoho Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:06:58 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-179685 With Active todo list: Check Email/Review todo Without active todo list: Chat with receptionist Change tapes Read Tech/Productivity Feeds Avoid Gaming Feeds With Active todo list:
Check Email/Review todo

Without active todo list:
Chat with receptionist
Change tapes
Read Tech/Productivity Feeds
Avoid Gaming Feeds

]]> By: Kelly http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-176844 Kelly Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:37:30 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-176844 Eat oatmeal, drink tea, check e-mail AND put out fires, check news sites, tackle work that I set up to work on first thing. Every day before leaving work, I clean my entire desk and write a list of work for the next day so that everything is clean and ready for me in the morning. Eat oatmeal, drink tea, check e-mail AND put out fires, check news sites, tackle work that I set up to work on first thing. Every day before leaving work, I clean my entire desk and write a list of work for the next day so that everything is clean and ready for me in the morning.

]]> By: Patricia http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-176818 Patricia Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:04:48 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-176818 Check email. Read my horoscope. Check email.
Read my horoscope.

]]> By: melly http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-175680 melly Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:50:36 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-175680 check email and bloglines, turn on yahoo messenger. later i heard that the first 60 minutes is crucial time to get the work done. now i came 30 minutes earlier to avoid guilty on checking my emails first check email and bloglines, turn on yahoo messenger. later i heard that the first 60 minutes is crucial time to get the work done. now i came 30 minutes earlier to avoid guilty on checking my emails first

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-175288 Lee Hopkins Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:59:53 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-175288 Ego search technorati, then read my main feeds. After that, check the inbox. Like Jude and your good self I work from home, so being married to the pc is part of the package. Ego search technorati, then read my main feeds. After that, check the inbox. Like Jude and your good self I work from home, so being married to the pc is part of the package.

]]> By: David Bradley http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-174692 David Bradley Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:57:42 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-174692 Check blog comment queues, I've now got five sites that I simply must keep on top of...just in case that incredibly insightful, earth-shattering comment arrives while I sleep Then it's email db Check blog comment queues, I’ve now got five sites that I simply must keep on top of…just in case that incredibly insightful, earth-shattering comment arrives while I sleep

Then it’s email

db

]]> By: Nathania http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-174668 Nathania Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:15:51 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-174668 Check email Read my RSS feeds It's hard to jump right in, and reading my feeds usually gets the brain going. Especially when i read the feeds related to my industry. it usually gets me wanting to work on my client's stuff and help them succeed. Check email
Read my RSS feeds

It’s hard to jump right in, and reading my feeds usually gets the brain going. Especially when i read the feeds related to my industry. it usually gets me wanting to work on my client’s stuff and help them succeed.

]]> By: Jude http://www.badlanguage.net/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-get-to-work/comment-page-1#comment-174642 Jude Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:57:12 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=479#comment-174642 I work at home on the computer, so what I used to do first was check email and read blogs for an undetermined amount of time. Then I encountered posts like this one at Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/software/top/geek-to-live--control-your-workday-187074.php Since then, I've been trying to do at least some work on the 5 most important things on my list before I power up the computer. I work at home on the computer, so what I used to do first was check email and read blogs for an undetermined amount of time.

Then I encountered posts like this one at Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/software/top/geek-to-live–control-your-workday-187074.php

Since then, I’ve been trying to do at least some work on the 5 most important things on my list before I power up the computer.

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