Carlin Vieri, a googler, coined the term while at MIT. " 1) Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allow

Carlin Vieri, a googler, coined the term while at MIT. " 1) Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem. 2) A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task. "