Comments for wanderingstan

Comment on The illusion of feeling pressed for time by Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:37:26 +0000

Thanks for sharing, excellent examination of the subject. Been feeling the same way more and more. Does this factor in pre-kids vs post-kids?

Comment on Tech Politics: AppStore and MalWare, Steve Jobs and Gaddafi by Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:55:46 +0000

I’m ok with opt-in dictatorships like, say, Apple’s App Store.

I have more trouble with authoritarian regimes we don’t have much choice about, like the wireless carriers. Soon, possibly SOPA/PIPA as well.

Comment on Family Tech Support Standard Setup for 2012 by powershot

powershot — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:19:38 +0000

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Comment on Self-Trickery for Good by Bid Writers

Bid Writers — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:17:44 +0000

Intriguing method of motivating people.

Comment on What do we get for all our media choices? by here

here — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:46:34 +0000

1000s of choices are good, but there must be caution lest we be caught in the hypnotic gaze of the internet. Having choices is good, but being online non-stop navigating these choices, and not going out and acting on them is another thing altogether.

Comment on Musings on Maslov and Media by Laura

Laura — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:20:48 +0000

Hi,

Great article. I think that Google etc go right into the highest need, self actualization. Some (a lot) want to understand and get more and more knowledge and search on Google for whatever they don’t know. I do. Whatever word, method, subject, I wanna know about, I blindly grab my smart phone and look it up via Google.

And respect of others – esteem – isn’t that the motor under many blogs, Flickr, Facebook etc? We want to show off, and love it when people – preferably out of the blue – react and +1 like ..

Just a few words and thanks for your great article, it helped me in writing my blog about the changes between 2.0 and 3.0 (in dutch, sorry).

Cheers, Laura.

Comment on Self-Trickery for Good by Stan

Stan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:55:22 +0000

Hi Daniel,

Beeminder looks cool. How long have you been on it? I love all the charts, perfect for a visual person like me. Please sign me up as a beta user, I’d love to try it.

I can see that real friends wouldn’t want to intentionally make you miss your goal. And that way you wouldn’t feel too bad about the money. I would argue in that case that its best if you didn’t know *who* would get the money, so you can’t get a concrete scenario in your head, e.g. “If I slip up this week, at least Joe will get the money. I know he needs it.” Anything to make sure that you get no psychological boost at the thought of quitting.

Comment on Self-Trickery for Good by Daniel Reeves

Daniel Reeves — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:45:14 +0000

I love it! I’m the guy in the Quantified Self talk, by the way. We actually quit our day jobs since then and are turning this into a startup called Beeminder. You’d be perfect as a beta user, if you’re interested.

Your hypothesized bad side effect of the $4k contract didn’t materialize, but I don’t think it would be so bad if it did. I think that would add to the fun. And they’re friends so they’re not going to do anything unscrupulous.

Comment on Thoughts on an email from Dad by Stan

Stan — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:15:10 +0000

Hi Joared, Glad you like the post. Yes, it’s a big amazing world we live in! Oh, and that’s not me on the pony — that’s my Dad.

Comment on Thoughts on an email from Dad by Joared

Joared — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:15:28 +0000

Meant to add, love picture of you on pony. I have one, too, of pig-tailed me when I aspired to being a cowgirl.