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(We also use polling as a backup for browsers that don't support the above features)
this isn't another rant about internet addiction. it's an experiment with the current state of the internet and our society. over a dozen writers, poets, and artists contributed to this issue. we hope you like it, or at least find it mildly entertaining.
(on the tech side, it also uses a lot of newer web features, so it will not be kind to older browsers. sorry! there's only so much time in a life)
- sit down at my desk with laptop and phone
- disable wifi on my laptop
- turn my phone face-down on the desk, muted, with wifi/data still on
This lets me check if I have any new messages via my phone, but it is a polling system vs an interrupt system. I have to opt in to check. And I am very aware that using my phone looks and feels less productive, so I try to avoid using it too long.
I've been able to be pretty productive (as an software engineer) with this system. I find that I have to reconnect on my laptop about every 30 minutes to do something or another. Of course, every day varies.
> Having the ability to take a problem, figure out what you don't know, reprocess those parts into a format that Googles™ well, filter out the noise from the results, and only then synthesize the information gathered
That's spot on.
:) love it