This is a weird time of year. Here in Berkeley it's a gorgeous day, sunny, though chilly. The magnolias are already blooming. It's not spring yet, not even winter. The looming New Year makes a guy think about transitions, the passage of time, new stuff—the usual. The numeral 2005 sounds new—shiny and pristine, just out of the box, wheareas 2004 sounds (already), old, scratched, a little battered, like my camera cellphone (which I bought in 2004).
This blog is one of the transitions for the new year. I've started it This is a weird time of year. Here in Berkeley it's a gorgeous day, sunny, though chilly. The magnolias are already blooming. It's not spring yet, not even winter. The looming New Year makes a guy think about transitions, the passage of time, new stuff—the usual. The numeral 2005 sounds new—shiny and pristine, just out of the box, wheareas 2004 sounds (already), old, scratched, a little battered, like my camera cellphone (which I bought in 2004).
This blog is one This is a weird time of year. Here in Berkeley it's a gorgeous day, sunny, though chilly. The magnolias are already blooming. It's not spring yet, not even winter. The looming New Year makes a guy think about transitions, the passage of time, new stuff—the usual. The numeral 2005 sounds new—shiny and pristine, just out of the box, wheareas 2004 sounds (already), old, scratched, a little battered, like my camera This is a weird time of year. Here in Berkeley it's a gorgeous day, sunny, though chilly. The magnolias are already blooming. It's not spring yet, not even winter. The looming New Year makes a guy think about transitions, the passage of time, new stuff—the usual. The numeral 2005 sounds new—shiny and pristine, just out of the box, wheareas 2004
5:01 PM Friday, September 15, 2006
[The Devil's Workflow.]
If idleness is the Devil's workshop, then Web 2.0 must be the Devil's workflow. Previously I've written how it's possible not only to use one's computer for Getting Things Done, but as a powerful tool of procrastination. The enhancements that have been loosely categorized under the "Web 2.0" tag have just reach a higher threat level. First there was Internet news itself, then there came blogging with its links to news items, then news aggregation software, then news aggregation sites like Digg and Netvibes. An hour ago I learned of a highly seductive addition to the Web 2.0 arsenal, newsmap, created by Markos Weskamp and Dan Albritton. Newsmap represents the headlines aggregated by Google News in a visual format, with brighter colors for more recent breaking news, and larger size for headlines related to a larger number of articles. With one click, national news including news of India and Austria can be accessed. Mindblowing. And, of course fascinating, time-consuming, and distracting.
Well, I'll give Newsmap credit for getting me to accomplish at least one item on my task list: posting something new to the Coffeeblog. Yeah, yeah, I already have a list of interesting blogposts to write in due course, but Newsmap was so interesting that it inspired me to actually write the item.
The triangle of productivity, distraction, and creativity is complex. Is that something interesting enough to post to the Coffeeblog? Maybe it is. Or maybe not.
More links: GTD Web2.0 Newsmap
More images: Procrastination Putz
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