Comments on: a cautionary tale http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/a-cautionary-tale/ by Vanessa Fox Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » what I’m not reading: a meme of sorts | Vanessa Fox. Nude. http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-78 » what I’m not reading: a meme of sorts | Vanessa Fox. Nude. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:59:43 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/04/02/a-cautionary-tale/#comment-78 [...] leads me to the other reason I don’t read magazines. I barely have time to read at all, so in the time I do have, I’m going for the books. Give me a choice between [...] [...] leads me to the other reason I don’t read magazines. I barely have time to read at all, so in the time I do have, I’m going for the books. Give me a choice between [...]

]]> By: deCabbit http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-77 deCabbit Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:13:04 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/04/02/a-cautionary-tale/#comment-77 I think possibly that some of us - not saying you are but I am - are hyperactive and thrive on multi-tasking and when we look at our experiences while we may be running 400 miles an hour, within that we *do* have time to see and appreciate and _be affected by_ the beauty around us. I have to keep a diary for work and every 30min slot is often filled with 3 items I have been working on in that slot. It is probably the best way to show how I do *need* to be doing a lot all the time as otherwise I get bored and start asking for work. That is a *bad thing* (tm) But is opperating at this kind of a pace bad? You have time to read, you have time to blog and you have time to go to the bar and talk about what you read. If you had to slow down and wait for a rotary dial phone you really would not have time for that beautiful bird - yet I'll bet right now you do. I think possibly that some of us – not saying you are but I am – are hyperactive and thrive on multi-tasking and when we look at our experiences while we may be running 400 miles an hour, within that we *do* have time to see and appreciate and _be affected by_ the beauty around us.

I have to keep a diary for work and every 30min slot is often filled with 3 items I have been working on in that slot. It is probably the best way to show how I do *need* to be doing a lot all the time as otherwise I get bored and start asking for work. That is a *bad thing* ™

But is opperating at this kind of a pace bad? You have time to read, you have time to blog and you have time to go to the bar and talk about what you read. If you had to slow down and wait for a rotary dial phone you really would not have time for that beautiful bird – yet I’ll bet right now you do.

]]> By: » quickie seo | Vanessa Fox. Nude. http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-76 » quickie seo | Vanessa Fox. Nude. Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:36:18 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/04/02/a-cautionary-tale/#comment-76 [...] I don’t have time to read complete sentences, much less wait for a rotary dial phone, I’ve been setting up this blog in hurried moments amidst working, doing laundry, getting on [...] [...] I don’t have time to read complete sentences, much less wait for a rotary dial phone, I’ve been setting up this blog in hurried moments amidst working, doing laundry, getting on [...]

]]> By: Philipp Lenssen http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Philipp Lenssen Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:14:55 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/04/02/a-cautionary-tale/#comment-75 The total "attention amount" might be a constant throughout the ages. So we're actually not getting better or faster at digesting information -- we're just splitting it up into a larger variety of conversations/ topics/ people. Imagine the 17th century poet for whom the sight of a beautiful bird in the woods made the day, inspiring him enough to carefully craft a poem later that night when he returned home, a poem which he sent to his friend in a letter, a letter which takes several weeks to travel. Now compare that with today, where it takes you 1 second to enter "beautiful bird" into Google Images to see ~1.9 million beautiful birds; it will take you another 5 seconds to blog the search result URL to post this to a blog; it will take 1 second for 100s to 10,000s of readers to download your post. But did it inspire you to write a poem about this bird, grasping its beauty in detail? No, because your attention already moved away to the next thing. The total “attention amount” might be a constant throughout the ages. So we’re actually not getting better or faster at digesting information — we’re just splitting it up into a larger variety of conversations/ topics/ people.

Imagine the 17th century poet for whom the sight of a beautiful bird in the woods made the day, inspiring him enough to carefully craft a poem later that night when he returned home, a poem which he sent to his friend in a letter, a letter which takes several weeks to travel.

Now compare that with today, where it takes you 1 second to enter “beautiful bird” into Google Images to see ~1.9 million beautiful birds; it will take you another 5 seconds to blog the search result URL to post this to a blog; it will take 1 second for 100s to 10,000s of readers to download your post. But did it inspire you to write a poem about this bird, grasping its beauty in detail? No, because your attention already moved away to the next thing.

]]> By: IrasCignavojo http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-74 IrasCignavojo Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:17:41 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/04/02/a-cautionary-tale/#comment-74 Thanks for that post - it covers basically what I think about the topic and experience myself, as far as I've read your post, that is. I've marked it. Thanks for that post – it covers basically what I think about the topic and experience myself, as far as I’ve read your post, that is. I’ve marked it.

]]> By: aaron.dsouza http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-73 aaron.dsouza Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:14:04 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/04/02/a-cautionary-tale/#comment-73 You've got time to write about not having time to read? You’ve got time to write about not having time to read?

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