His conclusion is the reason I generally work evenings and weekends. When I need to work during the day, I can shut off the email, the IM, the social apps, the

His conclusion is the reason I generally work evenings and weekends. When I need to work during the day, I can shut off the email, the IM, the social apps, the HN, the Reddit, but they're still buzzing away. When I take a break and open any of them, I suddenly have 1000 new things to become distracted with. At night, all these things simmer down. I couldn't distract myself with the outside world even if I wanted to.