Comments on: Modes http://inoveryourhead.net/modes/ social capital, trust agents, all that jazz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:57:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Malcolm Bastien http://inoveryourhead.net/modes/#comment-175037 Malcolm Bastien Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:26:29 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=1292#comment-175037 But in this case you didn't do any shifting, you threw out a command to have the system shift to you (I assume). Had you needed to shift your own behaviour to match the desired inputs of the system, things would have gone a lot less elegantly. As much as our ability to multi-task well is just a hidden rapid refocusing of our attention, what we're used to and forces of habit seem to make changing modes anything but easy. Best not fall into them in the first place. Outside of the computer it's kind of funny how little we can adapt our environments in any sort of way that might be described as 'easy'. But in this case you didn’t do any shifting, you threw out a command to have the system shift to you (I assume). Had you needed to shift your own behaviour to match the desired inputs of the system, things would have gone a lot less elegantly.

As much as our ability to multi-task well is just a hidden rapid refocusing of our attention, what we’re used to and forces of habit seem to make changing modes anything but easy. Best not fall into them in the first place.

Outside of the computer it’s kind of funny how little we can adapt our environments in any sort of way that might be described as ‘easy’.

]]> By: Valeria Maltoni http://inoveryourhead.net/modes/#comment-175019 Valeria Maltoni Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:03:32 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=1292#comment-175019 As you know, il Rinascimento spun from Florence through the rest of Europe and saw the genius of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo surface... those were other times. Today, I'd lobby for the definition to be "Renaissance People". We hardly change our outlook without also needing to change the point of view from where we gaze. As you know, il Rinascimento spun from Florence through the rest of Europe and saw the genius of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo surface… those were other times. Today, I’d lobby for the definition to be “Renaissance People”. We hardly change our outlook without also needing to change the point of view from where we gaze.

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