Some things to do when you’re bored

Every once in a while, your workday can get pretty slow. You’re caught up on all your projects, answered all those support requests, and you can’t start that new project until some new hardware comes in (your situation might be different, but hey, this is MY blog).

For me, it’s easy to fill the time, I just start writing tomorrow’s blog posts, but if you’re not a blogger you might be left with some serious free time.

Generally, I’d recommend checking out what’s going on in the blogosphere, but for whatever reason, it’s kinda slow today. My feed reader doesn’t have a single new unread blog post. So what’s a guy to do?

Here are a couple of things I do to pass the time, and both of them use my personal favorite social news website, digg.com:

1) do a search for terms of interest

I’m personally always looking for tips on blogging, so I search for “blog” or “wordpress” (my blogging platform). The reason this is cool is because there are a WHOLE BUNCH of stories that get submitted to digg, and never make it to the front page. There’s nothing wrong with these posts, they just weren’t front page material. Do a search for topics of interest and see what comes up. I can usually find at least 10 good stories that I would have otherwise missed.

2) go back through the stories that you dugg in the last few days.

Of course, if you’re not a consistent digg user, then this is useless to you. I digg throughout the day, and many times I have good intentions to come back later to look at the site more closely, but never get around to it. Some of the coolest stuff can easily slip through the cracks, and going back can resurrect those cool stories for you.

(this can also be done with del.icio.us, if you happen to prefer it over digg)

PS – Seriously, is it just me, or is it really that slow in the blogosphere today? It’s killin’ me!

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