Comments on: The proliferation of life-hacks http://www.woodsmoke.net/the-proliferation-of-life-hacks/ life is a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:44:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kris http://www.woodsmoke.net/the-proliferation-of-life-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Kris Mon, 12 May 2008 00:44:40 +0000 http://www.woodsmoke.net/?p=14#comment-12 Very well thought out, as per always, Jered. I think some use it in the way you described, but many others use it as a way to "hyper-charge" their lives, to get more done. Unfortunately, this always has a cost somewhere. All the same, I'm not a big fan of it, but can support your thoughts on it. -Kris Very well thought out, as per always, Jered.

I think some use it in the way you described, but many others use it as a way to “hyper-charge” their lives, to get more done. Unfortunately, this always has a cost somewhere.

All the same, I’m not a big fan of it, but can support your thoughts on it.

-Kris

]]> By: Jered http://www.woodsmoke.net/the-proliferation-of-life-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jered Mon, 12 May 2008 00:22:58 +0000 http://www.woodsmoke.net/?p=14#comment-11 Kris, I understand the discomfort with "going dark." When someone who is normally connected disappears without any notice, it can be a little annoying. Consider this though, my life is a box and everything in my life is a block. The box can only hold so many blocks, but the commitments in my life, and the people I work with and for, continually add more blocks. "Going dark" is essentially choosing to limit the number of people who can add blocks to my box. It may seem like a stupid thing, but some people, myself included, need a framework to manage and organize the inputs, so we can produce sufficiently complete outputs. Kris,
I understand the discomfort with “going dark.” When someone who is normally connected disappears without any notice, it can be a little annoying.

Consider this though, my life is a box and everything in my life is a block. The box can only hold so many blocks, but the commitments in my life, and the people I work with and for, continually add more blocks.

“Going dark” is essentially choosing to limit the number of people who can add blocks to my box. It may seem like a stupid thing, but some people, myself included, need a framework to manage and organize the inputs, so we can produce sufficiently complete outputs.

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