Comments on: Supercapacity http://www.mytopography.com/2009/07/07/supercapacity/ the shape of daily life Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lizardek http://www.mytopography.com/2009/07/07/supercapacity/comment-page-1/#comment-9594 lizardek Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:40:33 +0000 http://mytopography.com/?p=1122#comment-9594 Balance, schmalance. Balance, schmalance.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.mytopography.com/2009/07/07/supercapacity/comment-page-1/#comment-9595 Lauren Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:27:17 +0000 http://mytopography.com/?p=1122#comment-9595 Thank you for putting (so eloquently) into words what I often feel about our hopped up, caffienated, wired culture. I am so very much included in this group, as well. I often try to explain to my techy husband why I long for a world of a hundred years ago, chopping wood for heat, growing food, writing long letters on paper... I am rarely successful in this. I see it in my students and in myself: this culture of instant gratification and vastly accessible information, which is more than one person could absorb or comprehend in a lifetime. On one hand, it's so wonderful, and on the other, it makes me wonder what we are becoming as a society. (...she replies in the handy web comment-box...) :) Thank you for putting (so eloquently) into words what I often feel about our hopped up, caffienated, wired culture. I am so very much included in this group, as well. I often try to explain to my techy husband why I long for a world of a hundred years ago, chopping wood for heat, growing food, writing long letters on paper… I am rarely successful in this.

I see it in my students and in myself: this culture of instant gratification and vastly accessible information, which is more than one person could absorb or comprehend in a lifetime. On one hand, it’s so wonderful, and on the other, it makes me wonder what we are becoming as a society.

(…she replies in the handy web comment-box…) :)

]]> By: Francesca http://www.mytopography.com/2009/07/07/supercapacity/comment-page-1/#comment-9596 Francesca Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:52:00 +0000 http://mytopography.com/?p=1122#comment-9596 "addicted to distraction" Absolutely - I can totally relate to this. I don't even crave the 'connection' per se. I'm a private person and don't like to share myself but I am totally addicted to distraction and to moving my attention around to avoid the inevitable. “addicted to distraction”

Absolutely – I can totally relate to this. I don’t even crave the ‘connection’ per se. I’m a private person and don’t like to share myself but I am totally addicted to distraction and to moving my attention around to avoid the inevitable.

]]> By: sonrie http://www.mytopography.com/2009/07/07/supercapacity/comment-page-1/#comment-9598 sonrie Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:40:52 +0000 http://mytopography.com/?p=1122#comment-9598 I understand!!! I am not always successful at this, but I try to Limit facebook to 10 minutes, once a day; Sit down and answer important email 2x a day; Unsubscribe from email lists or blogs that are not relevant to me anymore; Periodically go through bookmarks and delete if not relevant anymore; save important ones by subject matter Set a time limit on reading blogs, too, otherwise it can go on for hours, and I haven't read a book or taken a walk or experimented in the kitchen. I think it's a little formula of what will work for you. I understand!!!

I am not always successful at this, but I try to Limit facebook to 10 minutes, once a day;
Sit down and answer important email 2x a day;
Unsubscribe from email lists or blogs that are not relevant to me anymore;
Periodically go through bookmarks and delete if not relevant anymore; save important ones by subject matter
Set a time limit on reading blogs, too, otherwise it can go on for hours, and I haven’t read a book or taken a walk or experimented in the kitchen.

I think it’s a little formula of what will work for you.

]]> By: Cara http://www.mytopography.com/2009/07/07/supercapacity/comment-page-1/#comment-9597 Cara Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:16:35 +0000 http://mytopography.com/?p=1122#comment-9597 I stay out of the social networking sites all together. I read personal emails when I feel like it and work emails only when I am at work. I read blogs while unwinding, but if I would rather read a book I do. And I'm not afraid of 'unsubscribe' or 'mark all as read' when it suits me either. I read news from sources that focus on my field, and I mostly get the rest from NPR while driving or cooking. When I start feeling down because of 'the state of the world,' I take a news hiatus. Nothing terrible has ever happened because I did. And, I find that with all that I am still more networked and better informed than many of my peers who feel they 'have to' do so much of what I don't. Because, I'm focused and paying attention when I am part of it. And yet, I live as if the technology is here to serve me, and I am clearly not here to serve it. I stay out of the social networking sites all together. I read personal emails when I feel like it and work emails only when I am at work. I read blogs while unwinding, but if I would rather read a book I do. And I’m not afraid of ‘unsubscribe’ or ‘mark all as read’ when it suits me either. I read news from sources that focus on my field, and I mostly get the rest from NPR while driving or cooking. When I start feeling down because of ‘the state of the world,’ I take a news hiatus. Nothing terrible has ever happened because I did. And, I find that with all that I am still more networked and better informed than many of my peers who feel they ‘have to’ do so much of what I don’t. Because, I’m focused and paying attention when I am part of it. And yet, I live as if the technology is here to serve me, and I am clearly not here to serve it.

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