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| Main | My First ETech Comments » Your brain on multitasking If you're a programmer, you know that context-switching in a multi-threaded system isn't 100% free. There's overhead with tiny bits of time lost on each switch, as a new thread takes control. Well, it's the same way with your brain. And although there have been plenty of studies to show otherwise, the belief that multitasking will let us get more done continues. Our brains can't do even two independent things that require conscious thought, especially if those two things involve different goals.
With each context switch, say, from the phone conversation to the email, there's a hit. So if you're stressed for time, do everything you can to resist the seemingly-intuitive notion that doing several things at once will save time. But imagine what it would be like if every time your co-worker, friend, spouse, lover, child wanted to say something to you and you turned and gave that person all your attention. Raj.
The Online Learning Blog from Study2U. Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television.
Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Here’s some of the sites we like that might get your brain to sit up and listen. Ted A conference that started in 1984 bringing together experts in technology, entertainment and design quickly grew into so much more. The conference itself is invitation only, but the website features all the talks at the conference in high res video format. New Scientist The New Scientist website carries new articles from the magazine as well as the NS archive of over 76,000 pieces. Big Think The Big Think website is a collection of ‘global thought leaders’ who offer their thoughts and analysis on world events and other important developments. We come from the future.
10 Awesome Online Classes You Can Take For Free. Cool, but you need iTunes for nearly everything, and that gets an 'F.' Are there really no other places to get these lessons?
I was sure there are some on Academic Earth. GI Metro. From Monday through Thursday this week, Shirt.Woot will be selling some of our favorite non-winning designs from the first few weeks of our Derby.
There may be no second acts in American lives, but it turns out there are second acts in American t-shirt design competitions. You're trying to get to the liver? See, what you wanna do is take the red line past the stomach, then switch trains at the small intestine. Green line'll take you right there. Oh, you need to get to the appendix after that? This shirt was designed by: just two years out of college, armed with little more than Adobe Illustrator and a dream, software designer Jack Anderson struck out boldly into the wilds of graphic design. Wear this shirt to: guide your food through the complex network of byways and spurs known as your digestive system. Don't wear this shirt to: the operating table in a sprawling western city like Phoenix or Las Vegas. We call this color: Gastrointestinal White.
The Sixteen Personality Types - High-Level. ISTJ - The Duty Fulfiller Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful living.
Extremely thorough, responsible, and dependable. Well-developed powers of concentration. Usually interested in supporting and promoting traditions and establishments. Well-organized and hard working, they work steadily towards identified goals. Click here for a detailed description of ISTJ. ISTP - The Mechanic Quiet and reserved, interested in how and why things work. Click here for a detailed description of ISTP. ISFJ - The Nurturer Quiet, kind, and conscientious. Click here for a detailed description of ISFJ.
ISFP - The Artist Quiet, serious, sensitive and kind. Click here for a detailed description of ISFP. Edge : Conversations on the edge of human knowledge. How to Read a Painting. Art is a great status symbol in modern society and because of that it can be quite intimidating to the casual viewer.
For many the first impulse is to blow it off, to see it as a worthless plaything for the rich and boring. This is too bad, not only because art can be a great source of pleasure in our lives, but because even a passing acquaintance with art can enrich and deepen our understanding of the world around us. Fortunately, developing a casual understanding of art is not all that difficult. It is true that some people devote their entire lives to studying the minutest details of an artists’ work, but there’s no need to become an expert to have a meaningful relationship with art.
All it takes is a moderate attention to detail, a little bit of patience, and a willingness to reflect on your own feelings. While I’m on the subject, a word about “great art”. Take a Look Art should appeal to you first through your senses. What’s That All About? Look for symbols. 15 Styles of Distorted Thinking.