[RESEARCHING INTENSIFIES] I've been pretty productive this week - at least by my expectations: But I have a lot of work still to do. Need to write a 4000-word well-researched paper on ecology, collaborate on a paper on transit-oriented design, write a lengthy Python ArcGIS script to handle open data and create an essay on philosophy - in the next two / three weeks. And I'm gonna squeeze things in that I really want to do. I'm gonna attempt to write at least half of my paper this weekend. I've read a boatload of literature already, but it is quite difficult to start writing when you continuously feel like you're one article short of figuring it all out. But at least I finally got Android Lollipop! It looks so sweet. Love it so far, especially the animations are splendid. 
Best I can do at the moment. It has since come to my attention that the birth rate for Palestinians far outstrips the birth rate for Israeli jews, which throws my overall conclusion in the crapper... That's what I get for reading "one more book."
This report suggests a decline in the birthrates of Arabs in Israel and around it and a rise in the Jewish birthrates. And it is not only due to the Jewish orthodox population (I thought this was the cause).It is unsurprising, at least in terms of falling Arab fertility rates, because it reflects well-documented trends elsewhere. In the period between the early 1960s and 2005-2010, the UN reports that the average woman in Egypt went from having more than 6.5 children to having fewer than three. In Lebanon, over the same period, the fall was from more than 5.5 to around 1.5, well below replacement level. In Jordan and Syria, too, declines in fertility were dramatic, from eight and 7.5 children per woman respectively in the early 1960s to around three and 3.5 in the 2005-2010 period.
My god man, tell me about it. I'm about 5000 words deep in my thesis on the future of the economy and I know if I read it in three years I'll want to rewrite the whole thing to assimilate new ideas. There's too much literature to read and it's making me go slower because I want to try and read it all.but it is quite difficult to start writing when you continuously feel like you're one article short of figuring it all out.
Which productivity tracker is that? I'm using Harvest to manage my time per client / project and it handles invoicing them as well. As fun as it is to invoice myself for wasted hungover time at the end of the month, I feel like yours and your pretty graphs would be infinitely more useful.
It's RescueTime. You can try it out for free (like I do) but there's also a pretty nifty premium package. I do have to note though that it hasn't been perfect so far: if you switch apps a lot, it doesn't register as accurate as it should. For example, I am now braindead because I've spent all the goddamn day working on my bigass paper. I've not really taken a break, but none of the bars add up to a full hour. Some get close (58 minutes) though. But hey, I'm over a dozen used academic sources and these counters were at zero this morning: I know you didn't really ask for this info but I gotta tell someone of my most productive day ever, y'know. Edit PS: God I love Garamond. Best font ever.
Yeah, I'm not updating until I'm told I've been given the update. I'm not gonna sideload it or root it or anything, not worth the trouble. Android is like that. Just like its easy to break a PC and hard to break a Mac, the same comparison can be drawn between Android and iOS. Also: DID YOU KNOW SMASH COMES OUT IN TWO DAYS!? BECAUSE THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHO PLAYS VIDJAGAMS OR NOT.
Smash is like Smash Bros or something? Never got into that game. Spent a couple hours drunk trying to play WipeoutHD recently. Think my controller is dying. It's this bluetooth thing. DUnno. I'm on the cusp of spending money I don't wanna spend.
Yes! On the one hand, it is a bit creepy. On the other hand, it's a really good motivator to spend my time more efficiently. I used to feel productive when I'd spend an hour reading something, so then I'd spend an hour browsing the web before continuing. Now I just wanna keep that productivity number high.I see you're still using that productivity tracker.