continuous partial attention |
"We live in an age of continuous partial attention." --Ms. Linda Stone, researcher and VP at Microsoft, as quoted in the New York Times, Jan. 30, 2001 |
"The essence of the human competitive instinct"
Did sibling rivalry drive Charles Darwin? What made Darwin a creative thinker? (BBC News) discusses a study that concludes “the instinctive behaviour adopted by younger children to help get them noticed can stay with them for life.” …the ability to compete may be most fully realised in younger children, who face a tough time jousting with older siblings for their parents’ attention. &&& Word of the Day : autodarwinate
Create your own...Jackson Pollock.
&&& Some drink from the Fountain of Knowledge... Others just gargle. And some pee in it.
Movie-Making Fun
Go and make a movie! It's fun and quick. &&& Nahh, that impending sound of doom is just the blades on my leatherman locking.
The Museum of Bad Fads
The pet rock, streaking and really bad 3D. Mmmm... goldfish swallowing. &&& [Re: SETI@home] That would be on the "Let's look for intelligence out there, because there's none here" principle?
Tired of your "real" neighbors?
Pack it up and move to Icontown. &&& No matter where you go, there you are.
The Phoenix Bird
21st Century Technoid Man Access For All Behind the Glass the Oneironaut T.I.N.A. P.C.B.D. NoDeadTrees  |