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20 October 2005
Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:32:00 GMT Damn cool illusionvia Kjell Olsen2301 days agoImpressive.
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17 March 2005
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:52:01 GMT ETECH Notes: Life Hacksvia Kjell Olsen2518 days agoA panel given by Danny O’Brien and Merlin Mann at etech, as transcribed by Cory Doctorow
There’s something satisfying about making it hard to screw up—it’s like clipping mittens to your sleeves.
OTOH, from O’Reilly: “The mouse is the single greatest obstacle standing in the way of becoming one with your keyboard and the dramatically higher productivity levels which the state promises.” Keyboards get you into the zone. The mouse breaks your stride (though not if you’re a designer). What throws you is the transition—from keyboard to mouse or vice-versa.
“Improved focus can be achieved through activities such as
meditations, yoga and turn off Instant Messaging” – Ulrich Mayr,
U Oregon.Everything until now has been about keeping you in flow, but the next wave is all in eliminating distraction. I use a proxy that
replaces all my web-sessions after 10 min with a page that says
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23 February 2005
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:02:36 GMTMind Hacks
Tom Stafford & Matt Webb
Mind Hacks is an interesting look at how we use our brains everyday in different situations. It’s a very active book, showing principles of brain psychology concretely in ways that anyone can try out by themselves or with neat tricks posted somewhere on the internet.
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