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1. #COLD TURKEY SOFTWARE REVIEW INSTALL#
2. #COLD TURKEY SOFTWARE REVIEW FULL#
3. #COLD TURKEY SOFTWARE REVIEW FREE#

But you can expand your block time and add more sites and programs to your block list at any time. You're given an opportunity to back out of your selection, and you're warned that once you click the "Go Cold Turkey" button, you won't be able to change the settings until the last 30-minute period you've selected has elapsed.

Cold Turkey's Block When screen lets you choose your distraction-free period in half-hour increments for the next seven days. Once you've chosen the times during which you want to restrict your access, click Next. You can also block or unblock everything. The Block When screen presents a seven-day calendar that lets you set your block time in 30-minute increments from 8 a.m. When your block list is complete, click Next. No programs are blocked by default to add an app to your blocked list, click "Add something" under Applications, navigate in Explorer to the program's executable file, and select Open. To add a site to the program's block list, click "Add something" and enter the URL. To remove one of the preselected sites, simply click the X next to its name. By default, Cold Turkey offers to block Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Addicting Games, College Humor, and four other sites. Click the Next button to open the Block What screen, shown at the top of this post.

#COLD TURKEY SOFTWARE REVIEW INSTALL#

The distraction-blocker that doesn't mess aroundĪfter you install Cold Turkey, a getting-started guide opens in your default browser.

#COLD TURKEY SOFTWARE REVIEW FREE#

If you prefer to retain the option of interrupting your distraction-free period, free Focus Booster places a work-only timer on your screen for the duration of your choosing. With Cold Turkey, what you block stays blocked until the period you've preset elapses. The program is donationware, meaning the developer suggests a donation of $10 but lets you decide the amount you wish to spend, as well as the percentage of your payment you would like to direct to a charity. Felix Belzile's Cold Turkey lets you block access to the services and apps you select at the times you set. One way to prevent self-interruptions is to temporarily disable the sites and programs most likely to tempt you to break away from the task at hand.

#COLD TURKEY SOFTWARE REVIEW FULL#

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The Wall Street Journal's Rachel Emma Silverman reported in December 2012 on a study conducted by University of California, Irvine, researchers that found office workers are interrupted or self-interrupted about once every three minutes, and it can take as long as 23 minutes for an interrupted worker to return to the original task. Productivity expert Peter Bregman recommends reducing your email checks to no more than one an hour, and People Skills Decoded's Edouard suggests checking email only twice a day. In an always-connected world, many workers feel the need to check their email inbox once or twice an hour, and often as late as midnight. In a recent survey of 1300 business professionals by, email is cited as the greatest time-waster (44 percent), followed closely by meetings (42 percent). In last month's " Brevity is the soul of email," I pointed out that on average employees spend more than a quarter of their time at work using email. Chad Brooks of BusinessNewsDaily reported on the study last January. were sleepier and less engaged at work the next day. and you're tempted to check your work email on your phone one last time before you call it a night.Īccording to researchers at Michigan State University, people who used their phone after 9 p.m. Cold Turkey lets you select which sites and programs to restrict access to.