How do you stop fiddling with your gadgets whilst listening to podcasts?
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 - 12:51 pm - article
I like listening to stuff – lectures on youtube are a favourite, podcasts too – but the problem is that I get distracted by the shiny screen and start checking my email / twitter etc and stop listening.
This can be solved by listening whilst cleaning or going for a walk but sometimes I just want to laze about – so what to do with my hands and eyes that are so tempted by that screen?
Recently I’ve found an notebook app that’s meant, well for taking notes, but I’ve found it’s utterly great to doodle away with whilst listening. I can really concentrate and at the end of it I’ve got all these great doodles which are probably worth £millions to any serious buyer of art.
I find playing Solitaire or other repetitive games doesn’t distract from listening.