OK I THINK I JUST HAD A BREAKTHROUGH.
I THINK THE REASON I STRUGGLE SO MUCH IS THAT ALL MY DARN SOFTWARES AND WEBSITES I USE LOG ME OFF SO FUCKING FREQUENTLY THAT EVERY TIME I'M READY TO USE IT I HAVE TO LOG BACK IN AND IT'S ONE MORE FUCKING MICRO-TASK BUT IT BREAKS THE CHAIN OF "I WAS READY TO DO THIS TASK IN THIS SOFTWARE" NEXT-STEP WORKING MEMORY. AND SO I JUST ZONE OUT "WHAT WAS I DOING?!?!" FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS EVERY SINGLE TIME.

#Business #Comics
Ad break · “Should’ve taken the 10.99 ad-free deal.” https://ilo.im/16au47

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#Marketing #Advertising #Subscription #Monetization #Interruptions #Distractions #Annoyances

#Design #Analyses
Backseat software · Designing for quiet matters more than ever https://ilo.im/16a3if

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#Business #Metrics #Interruptions #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDev #Frontend

Pluralistic: Catch this! (16 Jan 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/16/interrupt-driven/

Emma Thompson 👇🏽 is all of us who are pissed off by the constant nags to use #AI while we are busy writing or coding – just let us be 😠:

https://youtube.com/shorts/H_Ff3fQ_fVI

#UX #DarkUX #Productivity #Writing #Interruptions #Nagging

I've just blocked my ISP from sending me SMS messages, considering that they ALSO send me email at the same time. Maybe there is some setting somewhere on their website where I could turn it off, but, y'know, my time is valuable, so I've just blocked them on my phone. I do NOT fricken need to know, immediately, on my phone with a little tinkle, that my invoice is ready for my viewing, especially since I don't actually have to DO anything about it, since it's paid by automatic debit.

Yes, there are getting to be fewer and fewer things up with which I am willing to put. Call it the privilege of old age. (Being three months away from 60 counts as "old age", yes?)

#TurnOffNotifications #Notifications #Interruptions

Look, you online stores, and #AusPost, I DO NOT need to be informed that the seller is "preparing your parcel". What a bloody waste of MY precious time (and more importantly, my FLOW) to be INTERRUPTED for this completely pointless and trivial bit of information. I don't bloody care! If you MUST tell me something, send me an email when it has actually been delivered. I do not want to be reminded constantly that the parcel has not arrived YET.

#Interruptions #DisturbingMyFlow

#Design #Pitfalls
UX fatigue · When your website asks for too much https://ilo.im/166hr3

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#Audience #Interruptions #Clutter #Content #Website #Design #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign