"The "time cost" of refocusing your attention may be only a few seconds with each switch, but the researchers found that, over time, it reduced people's total efficiency by 20% to 40%."
So true. The average RescueTime user visits 40 different web domains (note: not PAGES-- domains!) and uses 15 different installable apps-- per day. Another tidbit-- the average RescueTime users alt-tabs to an IM window 70 times per day. Email is around 30. Toss in cell phones, meetings, coffee breaks, and (ahem) Hacker News, and it looks pretty grim.
Almost none are ad networks! We don't track domains of embedded stuff-- only the URL that's in your address bar. So ad networks would only theoretically show up with pop-up/pop-under windows. Which are the devil.
I love rescue time :-). It's interesting to know the kind of meta info and intelligence you can gather and build recommendation systems or dating sites with it ;-)
So true. The average RescueTime user visits 40 different web domains (note: not PAGES-- domains!) and uses 15 different installable apps-- per day. Another tidbit-- the average RescueTime users alt-tabs to an IM window 70 times per day. Email is around 30. Toss in cell phones, meetings, coffee breaks, and (ahem) Hacker News, and it looks pretty grim.