Comments on: Consciousness the idiot manager http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/consciousness-the-idiot-manager/ This blog has been superseded by timvangelder.com Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Andy http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/consciousness-the-idiot-manager/#comment-68 Andy Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:50:16 +0000 http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/consciousness-the-idiot-manager/#comment-68 "It does feel a bit odd taking a comment on someone else’s blog and making it an entry on your own blog." For me, blog commenting doesn't quite work yet; perhaps feeling the need to copy a comment to your own blog is indicative of that view too? Commenting does work if (a) you stay within a service like Livejournal, where replies to comments get sent to your email, and (b) you use a service like Gmail where everything is archived. However at the moment different blogs don't talk so well to each other :-( Whoever solves that problem should gain at least 15 mins of fame. “It does feel a bit odd taking a comment on someone else’s blog and making it an entry on your own blog.”

For me, blog commenting doesn’t quite work yet; perhaps feeling the need to copy a comment to your own blog is indicative of that view too? Commenting does work if (a) you stay within a service like Livejournal, where replies to comments get sent to your email, and (b) you use a service like Gmail where everything is archived. However at the moment different blogs don’t talk so well to each other :-( Whoever solves that problem should gain at least 15 mins of fame.

]]> By: Itzy Sabo http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/consciousness-the-idiot-manager/#comment-26 Itzy Sabo Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:58:17 +0000 http://rtnl.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/consciousness-the-idiot-manager/#comment-26 Tim, now that you've "double dipped," I have to post my response here too! :-) I agree with you, but we have different agendas. Mine is finding ways to cope with email overload. Yours is problem-solving. The A.D.D.-like behavior that many email-addicts exhibit is very destructive, and I'm trying to convince people that switching off is a good idea. My post attempts to demonstrate the potential benefits of slowing down and resting our minds (e.g. going for a run or a long drive), because we might even benefit from it in unexpected ways. I have to thank you as well, because you supply an even more compelling reason to let the mind rest when you say that deliberate, conscious thought actually <i>interferes</i> with problem solving. Now regarding problem-solving on-demand, that's your area of specialization... Tim, now that you’ve “double dipped,” I have to post my response here too! :-)

I agree with you, but we have different agendas. Mine is finding ways to cope with email overload. Yours is problem-solving.

The A.D.D.-like behavior that many email-addicts exhibit is very destructive, and I’m trying to convince people that switching off is a good idea. My post attempts to demonstrate the potential benefits of slowing down and resting our minds (e.g. going for a run or a long drive), because we might even benefit from it in unexpected ways.

I have to thank you as well, because you supply an even more compelling reason to let the mind rest when you say that deliberate, conscious thought actually interferes with problem solving.

Now regarding problem-solving on-demand, that’s your area of specialization…

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