Posts Tagged ‘Computers’
The problem
GTD fan as I am, I usually put a strong brain effort at the planning stage of a project, so I can later enter ‘executive mode’, following my self-instructions in a Robocop-like manner. Working like that guarantees (more…)
Friday, August 20th, 2010
Tags: Books, Classification, Computers, Creative thinking, David Allen, Entitling, GTD, Learning, Low level, Organizing, Outlining, Personal productivity, Planning, Thinking, Tips
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Behaviorism (brief reminder-please skip the whole paragraph if you know about the term): the Russian Ivan Pavlov made a famous experiment. First he showed a piece of meat to a group of dogs while (more…)
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Tags: Behaviorism, Biology, Body, Brain, Computers, Consciousness, Experiments, Learning, Mind, Pain, Pavlov, Perception, Science, Skinner, Social conditioning, Videogames, Violence, Visualization
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Here’s an original suggestion for thinking outside the box: how about using a different search engine? It makes all sense of the world, from the point of view of a computer being an extension of one’s own brain. O.K., so Google is the best one, its search algorithms combine (more…)
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Tags: Adaptation, Blogging, Brain, Communication, Competition, Computers, Creative thinking, Difference, Evolution, Experience, Fun, Growth, Habits, Internet, Invention, Labeling, Learning, Leisure, Mouseless, Originality, Passion, Perception, Personal productivity, Proactive, Productivity, Rejection, Serendipity, Social conditioning, Thinking, Words
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Don’t you even think for a moment that I have given up my practice of writing down the successes of the day. In fact, it gets (more…)
Friday, May 14th, 2010
Tags: Adaptation, Beauty, Bioenergetics, Biology, Brain, Capture, Computers, Creative thinking, Emotional intelligence, Exercises, Gratification, Growth, Habits, Happiness, Ideas, Language, Learning, Lists, Motivation, Optimism, Perception, Positivity, Proactive, Society, Tips, Writing
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The advent of Internet, the changes it has and is forcing in a very short little time, has been a shock. A positive one, maybe, but still a shock. It is not new, though: I still remember my first toying around with an 8-bit computer, in those days when computers were isolated one from another. That tiny fever was the seed of what we have now. But what is it that keeps us so hooked on computers? And where to set the limit between proper use and orgy?
It is (more…)
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Tags: Absurdity, Addiction, Blogging, Brain, Climate change, Computers, Consumerism, Creative thinking, Evolution, Focus, Freak, Globalization, Habits, Information, Language, Life, Motivation, Multitasking, Perception, Personal relations, Proactive, Teamwork, Transcendence
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Yeah, right: metaphors, images, similes… I am talking about poetry here, about making your personal computer really personal. The using of original names for your computer folders and control lists can do a lot to stimulate your creativity and improve your focus. (more…)
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Tags: Advertising, Brain, Classification, Communication, Computers, Creative thinking, Focus, Growth, Habits, Icons, Ideas, Inspiration, Labeling, Language, Learning, Lists, Motivation, Organizing, Personal productivity, Personal relations, Planning, Poetry, Projects, Tips, Writing
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In addition to my previous post, here come a few more tips, taken from my back-to-basics experience using (suffering?) a vintage Compaq Presario 1200. (more…)
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Tags: Books, Computers, Creative thinking, Desktop, Experience, Focus, Growth, GTD, Habits, Ideas, Inspiration, Learning, Motivation, Organizing, Personal productivity, Stephen R. Covey, Tasks, Time Management, Tips, Vintage, Writing
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This text is a sort of “spin-off” from my previous post “Productivity the Spartan way”, which was about my experience using a vintage computer (God bless it). Now, having spent some time back in my century, I’d like to share with you some of the enhancements I brought with me and a few general (more…)
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Tags: Books, Classification, Computers, Experience, GTD, Habits, Inbox, Motivation, Opportunity cost, Organizing, Paradox of choice, Personal productivity, Projects, Subliminal, Tasks, Time Management, Tips, Vintage
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These reflections come as a consequence of a period using my replacement computer -the regular one had a keyboard problem that the tech service spent ages to fix-. More precisely, they are due to the fact, quite shocking, that, during those days revisiting my old, faithful Compaq Presario 1200, (more…)
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Tags: Computers, Creative thinking, Education, Emotions, Focus, Growth, Habits, Ideas, Information, Inspiration, Learning, Motivation, Multitasking, Music, Organizing, Personal productivity, Reminders, Tasks, Thinking, Time Management, Tips, Vintage, Writing
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In our modern, hurried days, there is always the risk of making an object of the people around us, turning our relations mechanical only because of the speed of things. Such risk is twice as common with electronic communication, whose immediateness, (more…)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Tags: Books, Communication, Computers, E-mail, Emotional intelligence, GTD, Habits, Hurry, Inbox, Labeling, Mind, Perception, Personal productivity, Personal relations, Planning, Reminders, Stephen R. Covey, Tips
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