Comments on: Zen and the Art of Attention http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/ Fri, 25 May 2012 07:31:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Web Worker Daily » Archive How to Be a Stress-free Web Worker « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60289 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:30:25 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60289 [...] too much of it can add to your personal tension and stress. When you take in more than you should, it consumes your time and attention, which can be better spent on relaxing activities. An hour of reading trivial RSS feeds could be [...]

]]> By: James Governor’s Monkchips » links for 2007-06-18 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60288 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:27:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60288 [...] Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Zen and the Art of Attention « i saw a presentation recently about how people that practice Yoga are able to take in more information, because they don’t obsess that they might miss something, if for example you flash up a series of numbers on a screen. What if continual partial atten (tags: attention culture yoga) [...]

]]> By: Calvin Spealman http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60287 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:26:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60287 I have never caught up with all my unread feed items over the last year, at least. I got upset about being behind at first, but now I just consider it a nice buffer for a rainy day. I keep up with whats current, and if I don’t have time and miss something, I wouldn’t have the time to blog about it or really consume it in the first place.

]]> By: links for 2007-06-15 | mad dog in the fog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60286 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:31:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60286 [...] Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Zen and the Art of Attention « Different theories out there for dealing with information overload (tags: productivity) [...]

]]> By: Library clips http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60285 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:09:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60285 The many aspects of attention

A while back I posted about RSS Smarts in coping with information overload, an aspect of RSS productivity is making it more managable, from this we work out a way to consume information in the most productive way eg. read feeds in email and IM, on you…

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60284 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:15:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60284 Yes, cows can be a bit empty-headed. Maybe we don’t want to model our intellectual lives after them. Anyway, it’s a metaphor only, and isn’t that a funny picture of that cow looking into the clear blue sky? ;)

@Rationalpsychic, @David Harper, maybe I’ll do a part 2 of this in the future and explore some of the other issues of present moment awareness as well as pull some other Zen sayings out of my pasture.

@Nathan: going naked, without a laptop, not sure I’m ready for that! But seems like an excellent way to really get benefit out of a conference — be totally present for what’s happening there instead of what’s online.

]]> By: Nathan Braun http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60283 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:37:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60283 I went to SXSW this year “naked”– that is to say, without a laptop.

(I mean, it’s not like it mattered, there were sponsored ’boutique PC kiosks’ around every other corner…I think Google had some?)

But I have to say:
I haven’t felt more relieved–or I should say, ALIVE; or excited– in years*

*This phenomenon *may* have had something to do with the dozen or so open bar parties every night.

*Except during those years, of course, when I taught English in Korea, 2003-2004, when on every block there was a $2 “PC bang” where I could check my email and catch up on other little stuff. Life hasn’t been the same since!!)

*Could this be a symptom of…dare I say it?… AFFLUENZA??? God I hope not! :) I toyed with the idea of wearing a “Fuck the Web” shirt to the next Southby (SXSW). I didn’t think the blogerati would like that very much. Pity.

]]> By: shilohautumn http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60282 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:18:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60282 Unless you like to read an awful lot, and not allow much time for processing it, it only makes sense to go for more depth than breadth once in awhile. In other words, pause to think. Though I sure do like the picture image of a cow in a bigger pasture. Always did like a little breathing-room myself, and panoramic country views. But the cows I’ve known – and that’s been a few – though contemplative-seeming creatures, can be a bit vacuous upstairs at times.

]]> By: rationalpsychic http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60281 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:35:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60281 I liked the article and any argument that states our efforts are not attached to zero-sum games. However, I wish you would have taken the analogy a little further. If we don’t seek to control the flow of info (which has it good points), how do we observe this flow and make ourselves part of it while realizing that it is also part of us? I’ve always been told that the breath is the focal point, but emptying your mind of “musts” and “shoulds” seems the overarching goal.

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://gigaom.com/collaboration/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60280 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:10:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/06/13/zen-and-the-art-of-attention/#comment-60280 couldnt agree more. 2k feeds and 4k unread gmails dont get me down in the slightest. great articulation of the strategy here

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