There was a time when I had a computer that didn't have a working network card. I would take it to the library with me, and I would be incredibly productive during it. If I got stuck on something, I'd work on something else instead, and look it up when I got home.<p>I also tried doing what I called an "Internet Diet", of self-imposing working offline, and as long as I stuck with it I got a good amount done then also. In fact one thing I noticed was that if I didn't let myself have the internet, I'd start to get bored, and would naturally open up a code editor or text editor and start writing, or at least organizing the files on my hard drive or even just reading a book.<p>My main problem are my jobs, though. If my job absolutely requires the internet in order for me to do my job (and right now it absolutely does), then the distractions are just a few clicks away, tempting me, and I fall into its trap.<p>Time to get off the internet, at least for a bit.
No affiliation, but I found Dash incredibly helpful for working offline: <a href="https://kapeli.com/dash" rel="nofollow">https://kapeli.com/dash</a>. You can download the docs for most languages/frameworks AND you can download Stackoverflow by section in a way you can read and search.
much respect for keeping a PowerBook in use! I keep my 12" PowerBook around for similar uses: Music (iTunes), email (Mail), writing (TextEdit), development (also TextEdit haha). Amazingly TenFourFox (Firefox fork) is still being maintained! It's impossibly slow but that can also be an advantage. I'm still thinking about that post recently where someone said they add a few seconds to a page load. Well, an easy way to do that is to just use old hardware! It's nice to have the internet if you need it, but it's slow enough to not be addictive...
A month ago i canceled my broadband internet at home.<p>I survive now with 7GB LTE data and public WiFi.<p>That was the only solution for me to get out of the habit of mindlessly browsing the web, watching YouTube etc...<p>So i have 230MB Data per Day, that's enough for me to get work done and some casual browsing.<p>If i wanna watch a YouTube video i have to get out out of the house, walk to the next WiFi, download it, go home and watch it.
There is an awesome pdf manager and web page capture softwar <a href="https://getpolarized.io/" rel="nofollow">https://getpolarized.io/</a> . It supports offline mode, but as of now there is a bug that needs to be worked around by logging out. It supports taking anki notes and syncing too.
I like working offline and do it frequently. In fact, if I would just turn off my tethered 4G right now, I would get a <i>lot</i> more done and be much happier with myself. Will be doing just after I finish typing this :-). Because I use my computer primarily for programming, the biggest thing I need are docs. In that respect, I've found that working with Rust is amazing. Installing all the normal documentation you need and then going offline is so incredibly easy. Anyway, massive shout out to anyone that pushed to make that dream a reality!
Holy crap, I thought I was the only one in the <i>world</i> still using a PowerBook as a daily driver to keep myself away from the temptations of the Internet...I’m a huge fan of 1999-2005 PowerPC Macs.
I find <a href="https://devdocs.io/" rel="nofollow">https://devdocs.io/</a> very useful for offline access to Python documentation (and many other languages too)