As others have mentioned, distractions are the big Zone Killer.
When I really want to get into the zone and get some work done, I'll:
1) Close my door and put a "do not disturb" note on it. 2) Quit my email app so it isn't announcing the arrival of every new email. 3) Turn off my cell phone. 4) Put my desk phone into "do not disturb" mode and ignore the voicemail light when it comes on.
My zone time goes in 2 to 4 hour blocks. There really isn't anything so important that someone can't wait until I'm out of the zone for an answer.
I know it's been discussed before, but wouldn't it be useful for someone to hack the worm to run around and close up the security holes without damaging the system? It could use an exploit to gain root, rpm -U the packages, do a bandwidth-limited scan for 24 hours and then clean up after itself.
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As others have mentioned, distractions are the big Zone Killer.
When I really want to get into the zone and get some work done, I'll:
1) Close my door and put a "do not disturb" note on it.
2) Quit my email app so it isn't announcing the arrival of every new email.
3) Turn off my cell phone.
4) Put my desk phone into "do not disturb" mode and ignore the voicemail light when it comes on.
My zone time goes in 2 to 4 hour blocks. There really isn't anything so important that someone can't wait until I'm out of the zone for an answer.
I know it's been discussed before, but wouldn't it be useful for someone to hack the worm to run around and close up the security holes without damaging the system? It could use an exploit to gain root, rpm -U the packages, do a bandwidth-limited scan for 24 hours and then clean up after itself.