Cognitive surplus mini-manifestations
1. Isn’t it amazing how 6:01 comes immediately after 6:00? Every single day!
2. The three-ring binder doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Maybe it’s because it’s so easy to rip pages out. Plus they get harder to schlep around when they fill up. And who likes hole punching?
3. You know how Microsoft Excel allows you to group different worksheets into a single, linked file? I wonder if there’s an application out there that does the same thing with document or text files. Microsoft Office used to have a Binder feature, but I’m wondering if there’s something smaller and easier to use. Basically the electronic version of a notebook with pages, with the same look and feel as Excel.
4. Notebooks are great for capturing ideas on the fly. Transcription is still a pain.
5. I just found out that there’s a free online version (read: neutered) of Photoshop. Go figure.
6. A 5 KG bag of flour costs about $9.00 where I live. A 10 KG bag (read: twice the size) costs only $3.00 more. Hmmm.
7. Although I don’t drink it much anymore, the price of soda pop seems to be increasing very quickly.
8. I’ve been spelling and pronouncing remuneration wrong for years.
9. I don’t think about Technorati much anymore.
10. I wonder if there’s any one song in the world that everyone would like.
Leslie:
In response to your #3 above, I think Microsoft's OneNote is that kind of an application. Not only can you create new files, you can create tabs on those files to organize ideas. And you have all of the same cut/paste options available to you that you do in other Microsoft applications. I use it sometimes, but I'm not as in love with it as I am Excel.
- Leslie
14 February 2009, 9:44 pmMark Dykeman:
Thanks, Leslie!
15 February 2009, 4:17 amTim:
#3 I find that one note is great if you have a tablet pc, or a preipheral tablet with a good pressure sensitive pen.
#6 http://anonymousprof.com/where%E2%80%99s-my-vol...
#10 Probably something without words that has some emotional impact. Something classical like Bach.
15 February 2009, 3:45 pmMark Dykeman:
Food for thought, as always, thanks.
15 February 2009, 6:13 pm