tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980207452554869962.post3117158139749370696..comments2023-07-09T06:54:58.430-07:00Comments on Tales 'n' Ideas: My "wearable computer" set up, June 2013Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03312048754374286109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980207452554869962.post-29600048491560829772013-06-17T10:29:08.386-07:002013-06-17T10:29:08.386-07:00Good point. That's what I was trying to get at...Good point. That's what I was trying to get at. Is there value in the sloshing around time? Am I depriving myself of it? It feels like it sometimes.<br /><br />I'm going to throw in a little bit of pop-neurobabble and wonder if this is related to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_network" rel="nofollow">Default Network</a>. (which is itself not universally accepted, as the article says.) Don't think it matters- there could be value in sloshing around even without a certain named network in the brain- but it would give the idea a little credibility (both in my mind and in others') if so.<br /><br />Also, it'd be neat to correlate that with, say, some other measure of stress. Imagine something telling you, "you haven't sloshed for 4 hours, which may be why you're feeling stressed now."Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312048754374286109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8980207452554869962.post-44559494390989286522013-06-16T22:04:06.481-07:002013-06-16T22:04:06.481-07:00"- I have no idea if there are negative effec..."- I have no idea if there are negative effects from, say, the fact that I rarely walk more than 5 minutes in silence anymore. I have no idea how to measure this."<br /><br />This line caught my brain a bit. I often pause for a second as I head out the door to decide if I should transit with or without headphones. I weigh several factors (time it takes to set up the headphones, whether I have interesting music/podcasts to listen to, etc), but it's not uncommon that the deciding factor is my own need to be tuned in/tuned out. Regardless of what sounds I've got going, when I wear headphones I feel as though I'm shutting out the rest of the world. On any given day, that can be a good or a bad thing.<br /><br />I wonder if you could try to measure 'processing time'? By processing time, I mean 'amount of the day you have to just put your brain on *spin cycle* and let the laundry slosh around.' Personally, I pretty much always have at least an hour of processing time on my daily run — but many days that hour is all that I get. Sometimes I wish I had more. When I walk/longboard/bike without headphone I get myself some more 'processing time'.<br /><br />If 'processing time' is actually a thing (do you have processing time?), then maybe you could try to track your own 'processing time', headphone-usage, and end of day satisfaction/happiness/serenity/whatever. See if you get some sort of positive or negative effect from non-headphone time? I know I qualitatively feel like I do have a better day if I have some non-headphone time, but I can't give you numbers to back that up.<br /><br />Just some hot air that popped into my mind after reading your post.Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185395054770478010noreply@blogger.com