For sometime now I have been an offline online worker.

Sounds like a contradiction I know, but essentially I have no Internet access from where I am living, so I have to do everything offline and then when I get near somewhere that has net access upload it all.

It’s difficult at times, I can’t just go and google something, but in other respects its great.

I am sure everyone has suffered from Internet wandering syndrome. Just wandering around reading sites, checking out the latest and greatest. I know I used to do it a lot, its a great way to waste your time.

As is email and instant messaging, both useful tools but they can easily distract you and also kill any creative process.

If you can relate to this then perhaps you should try working offline, perhaps download your email in the mornings, and then disconnect from the net.

Do your work, read emails, write replies, and then in the evenings upload it all.

You do need to be persistent and give it sometime, at first you will probably find your productivity drops, you may also need to set up your own local test server.

I’d be quite interested to hear how anyone goes giving it a try….