Comments on: No Hard Feelings http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/05/29/no-hard-feelings/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sutha Kamal http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/05/29/no-hard-feelings/#comment-4343 Sutha Kamal Fri, 09 Jun 2006 20:27:06 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/05/29/no-hard-feelings/#comment-4343 I tend not to GO places without a treo or berry for mail... but there are times that I turn them off, close the mail client on my Mac and just focus on whatever it is I'm working on. In truth, I've found IM to be such a distraction that I almost never have it on now... if I'm "available", emails get near-instant responses from me ... and if I'm "not", then I'm not. Besides, when did voice telephony become such a bad idea? I tend not to GO places without a treo or berry for mail… but there are times that I turn them off, close the mail client on my Mac and just focus on whatever it is I’m working on. In truth, I’ve found IM to be such a distraction that I almost never have it on now… if I’m “available”, emails get near-instant responses from me … and if I’m “not”, then I’m not. Besides, when did voice telephony become such a bad idea?

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/05/29/no-hard-feelings/#comment-3784 Rob Hyndman Tue, 30 May 2006 10:14:30 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/05/29/no-hard-feelings/#comment-3784 I'm not thinking of abandoning the Treo for long absences from the office - and I still like it as a tool for writing short notes to people whenever. But I do think the addiction to being always on is destructive of concentration generally, and contemplation and reflection in particular. Adam's references to daydreaming and idea percolation resonated with me in particular because I've been in a very creative mode lately, and I've noticed that the biggest block of that creativity is the umbilical cord I have to the 'net - whether via Treo or the laptop. So I'm going to explore reflection a little more. Namaste :) I’m not thinking of abandoning the Treo for long absences from the office - and I still like it as a tool for writing short notes to people whenever. But I do think the addiction to being always on is destructive of concentration generally, and contemplation and reflection in particular. Adam’s references to daydreaming and idea percolation resonated with me in particular because I’ve been in a very creative mode lately, and I’ve noticed that the biggest block of that creativity is the umbilical cord I have to the ‘net - whether via Treo or the laptop. So I’m going to explore reflection a little more. Namaste :)

]]> By: Stuart MacDonald http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/05/29/no-hard-feelings/#comment-3776 Stuart MacDonald Mon, 29 May 2006 18:02:03 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/05/29/no-hard-feelings/#comment-3776 When we went on a cruise back in February, I disconnected the mail component of the 'berry (I still needed the phone part because our kids were at home with a sitter and we needed to be able to be reached). This was the first time I was without email on my hip in about 5 years, including our family global sojurn in 2005. I hated it :-) When we went on a cruise back in February, I disconnected the mail component of the ‘berry (I still needed the phone part because our kids were at home with a sitter and we needed to be able to be reached). This was the first time I was without email on my hip in about 5 years, including our family global sojurn in 2005.

I hated it :-)

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