Comments on: The Best 5 Hacks http://www.lifehackingmovie.com/2009/10/20/the-best-5-hacks/ A documentary on life hacking Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joey http://www.lifehackingmovie.com/2009/10/20/the-best-5-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-4828 Joey Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:34:23 +0000 http://www.lifehackingmovie.com/?p=438#comment-4828 Not really. The film isn't a how-to guide on hacks to shave 10 minutes off your morning routine or toast your bread faster. It's a critical looking at the whole personal productivity movement, both the good and the bad. There's a point where all the hacking sites go beyond useful information to ridiculous stuff, and you spend far more time reading about life hacking than actually getting stuff done, and that's a point that comes up in most of the interviews, from Merlin Mann to Tim Ferriss. Merlin's film sums that viewpoint up pretty well. Not really. The film isn’t a how-to guide on hacks to shave 10 minutes off your morning routine or toast your bread faster. It’s a critical looking at the whole personal productivity movement, both the good and the bad.

There’s a point where all the hacking sites go beyond useful information to ridiculous stuff, and you spend far more time reading about life hacking than actually getting stuff done, and that’s a point that comes up in most of the interviews, from Merlin Mann to Tim Ferriss. Merlin’s film sums that viewpoint up pretty well.

]]> By: Johnny Numina http://www.lifehackingmovie.com/2009/10/20/the-best-5-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-4821 Johnny Numina Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:59:54 +0000 http://www.lifehackingmovie.com/?p=438#comment-4821 I don't think putting a light bulb in a lamp or stuffing toilet paper in your pants constitutes as valid Life Hacks. This video degrades the value of your website and what your trying to do in my opinion. I don’t think putting a light bulb in a lamp or stuffing toilet paper in your pants constitutes as valid Life Hacks. This video degrades the value of your website and what your trying to do in my opinion.

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