If you don’t focus, you can’t create. But if you don’t connect, you can’t meaningfully create. Here’s my new approach to the whole “be industrious or be online” quandary.

A.M. – Set up exactly what I am going to do and unless there’s an earthquake or a gun shot, do it. No interruptions, deviations, distractions, mercy or remorse. Plan the work, work the plan and the touchy-feely stuff gets a quick note but that’s it.

P.M – I go hippy, and like, browse the web checking out cool stuff, people and ideas, IM friends, check out the cool video of the latest ScobleApp* and oh yeah, get some stuff done.

Given what I do (write, code, blog and podcast), and that I’m a lark not an owl, I need to create LOC (lines of content/code) and smell the digital roses, network like a crazy, and keep an eye on the future, which tends to show up in the wrong order and unevenly.

Works for me. How about you?
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*ScobleApp – An app, technology or startup that Robert Scoble digs up and finds. Definitely worth your time.