NetNewsWire Makes You Fat

When I don't go out for lunch, I tend to process my NetNewsWire queue while eating at my desk. That in itself isn't bad -- I'm all about overlapping operations.

What is bad:

• I tend to not pay attention to what I'm eating. That means I won't notice when I'm satisfied, so I eat more.
• Even worse: I'll finish the food but won't be done with my queue. All too often, that puts me in "I need more food" mode, when it should put me in a "get back to work" mode.

I think it comes down to that I view reading feeds as a luxury, one that I can really only justify if I make it cheap by overlapping it with an otherwise necessary operation.

Thursday, February 17, 2005
01:15 AM