Back in 2005 after thinking about “Attention, Recognition & Context” I wrote in 2006 that I was “hung up on the concept of context” and a bit later “On context and openness”
Which lead to the thinking about how I do what I do at Lifekludger, documented in the “Contexts and Clues” section of the About page as — “To get from one context to another takes a Kludge!“….
So just the other week I get a ping from @fang about the book kluge —–
Then I see a tweet from @kanter asking “what is the sweet spot between personal productivity and connectedness?”
My response (below) gets quoted by her in a blog post “What’s the sweet spot between personal productivity and social productivity?” here ……
Which leads me to read Stowe Boyd’s post about “Information Overload, Schmoverload“, and his thoughts on network productivity here ……
Then I talk about it with Mike on our podcast here …..
And so there I am, reading Stowe again, critiquing more mainstream media articles on the so-called ‘curse of multitasking’ and the over emphasis placed on ‘personal’ productivity – “…the war on Flow” here ….
And what do I read? “In the wonderful book, Kluge, Gary Marcus makes a solid case that the human mind is really bad at memory, and that we have developed all sorts of compensating techniques to counter that weakness. Our memories can be demonstrably changed by simple shifts in context ….”
From Context to Context via a connected kludge.
We need connection to others and to other’s thinking if nothing more than a technique to counter our weaknesses – we need a networked life.
And this holds true in any area of application – personal or professional.
That, my networked friends, is life network productivity.
Dave
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