Clearly you're not so great at staying on task at work or you wouldn't have just spent your time completing a QR code scavenger hunt in the middle of the day. First, congratulations on completing something. Second, you should be ashamed of yourself for goofing off on the clock. April Fool's! But seriously, this is a real post. Keep reading.
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How to Avoid Distractions
You've had your fun for today and now it's time to get back to work. Here are some ways you can avoid distractions when you're trying to get things done.
- Top 10 Distraction Stoppers - The first place to start: our top 10 tools for putting a stop to the many distractions all around you.
- Offload Distractions to Your iPad (or Other Mobile Device) to Actually Focus on Work - Your mobile device is pretty much a distraction on its own, so offload all your distractions onto it.
- How to Beat Procrastination and Distraction with a Stopwatch - Sometimes all you need to beat distraction is a stopwatch.
- Five Best Distraction-Free Writing Tools - Do you need to get some writing done? Check out these distraction-free writing tools to help you focus.
- Simple Desktops Is a Hub for Attractive, Distraction-Free Wallpaper - A simple desktop is a desktop that won't distract you. Check out Simple Desktops and stay focused on your work while still keeping your desktop attractive.
- Avoid Distraction, Get More Done with a Tangents Log - Just keep all your distractions in a tangents log and deal with them later.
How to Keep Yourself Distracted
It's April Fool's Day. Today your job is to goof off, so if you're not goofing off you're not being a good employee.
- The Boardgame Remix Kit Combines Your Old Games Into New Ones - Take an old board game, remix it, and play it.
- Top 10 Gaming Hacks and DIY Projects - Games are pretty much the antithesis of work (for most of), so here are some projects that should keep you distracted for awhile.
- Santa Claus on a Helicopter - Wing and I used to make music together, but now she's working with Rappy McRapperson who is making some wonderfully awesome music with her, like this amazing song.
- Build a PVC Instrument for Thumpy and Fun Tunes on the Cheap - Watch this guy play music on an instrument he made out of PVC pipes.
- A Comic Book Lover's Guide to Going Digital - Digitize your comic book collection and read 'em.
- Create Your Own Custom Papercraft Figure - If you're stuck in the office, you can probably still pull off this fun little project.
- Build a $3.50 DIY Micro TV-B-Gone - If you want to play an April Fool's joke on someone (and their television), you can build this one on the cheap.
- Create Enormous Bubbles with a Super-Size DIY Bubble Wand - How could you not want to blow huge bubbles?
- IOGraph Makes Art from Your Mouse Tracks If you have to do work, at least you can make something neat at the same time.
- Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP - If you've got an iPad, you owe it to yourself to check this out.
- PhotoFunia Pastes Your Face All Over the Place - Insert your face into a variety of photos. Laugh at the results. Make your coworkers uncomfortable and think you're nuts.