It's faster for me to hit cmd+t/f/enter to bring up Facebook (people still use the bookmarks bar?) But I respect the principle of designing my life.
For me it's about having on/off time. There's nothing wrong with scanning Facebook/twitter/HackerNews, but I find myself mindlessly going there, especially in times of frustration or when I'm stuck on something. Basically it weakens my ability to really focus on hard problems. For me the best solution is something like the stayfocusd chrome plugin. It simply makes you aware when you're on one if those sites.
Agree. I move between so many different browsers and machines each day that bookmarks are useless to me. I have never found a bookmark sync solution that works across every browser and platform, so I type the URLs in when I want to go to a common site. Less common sites, I memorize a Google search that gets me there.
That's a little extreme and useless to put only one app on the IPhone dock. I could see this becoming extremely frustrating in an emergency situation where you need to call someone quickly. Why not just practice self control instead.
I suspect this is too specific to the author. If I find out a way to sleep better, it doesn't mean everybody in the world will follow the same. Nevertheless, good idea.
For me it's about having on/off time. There's nothing wrong with scanning Facebook/twitter/HackerNews, but I find myself mindlessly going there, especially in times of frustration or when I'm stuck on something. Basically it weakens my ability to really focus on hard problems. For me the best solution is something like the stayfocusd chrome plugin. It simply makes you aware when you're on one if those sites.