Comments on: Advances in tech = 2D world and no guitar

By: MissLena

MissLena — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:32:36 +0000

Unlike you (evidently), *I* stare at a sheet of polymer all day long. This means that, rather than squatting in a cube somewhere (or even my cluttered home office), I may be almost anywhere — on the beach, in the garden, on an aeroplane to somewhere…indeed, at the moment I am sick in bed and engaged with you, rather than the tele — another sheet of glass you neglected in your calculus…

Bueno,
‘Lena

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:49:35 +0000

Thanks for the comment Louise. I think definitely the fourth dimension as well The guitar is going well, I’m almost on to learning my second song! Right, I’m off to the park for a bit of 3D!

By: quickcrimson

quickcrimson — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:47:19 +0000

I don’t comment on your blog often (though I do follow it–I really like your style of writing) but your mathematical breakdown is so true that I’ve had to pause a bit and consider a teenhood raised on ‘net junkiness. I think several years have been spent online for me already …!

Enjoy the 3D world; although the 2D world is here to make it a little easier/connect us more … after all, we wouldn’t be able to discover little outside worlds like this.

Very valid points you’ve raised though, there’s a whole other world of sensory experience out there.

p.s. I like JH’s question about the dimension of music–I reckon it’s the fourth. Hope the guitar is going well.

~Louise.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:49:48 +0000

@LB – we must do a duet some time

@JH – OK OK! I spent at least 30 an hour with the guitar this morning!

@Patty – That is the philosophy I’m going for, a little bit every day!

@Edith – don’t worry, I do try and take one day off a week at least!

@BrianA – Ha! Not even the author of the book gets away with 4 hours, it’s a total myth!

By: BrianA

BrianA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:30:23 +0000

I seem to remember something about a 4 hour workday – or was I dreaming that one?

By: Edith

Edith — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:15:35 +0000

I fully understand your ‘addiction’, Ben, but your friend has got a point. Perhaps you should think about setting aside one day of the week for other activities – turn off the computer, go to another room where you can’t see the computer or grab your guitar and leave the house!

By: PattyN

PattyN — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:34:26 +0000

Ben, From everything I’ve read, the best way to learn to play an instrument is with daily practice. 15 minutes/day is better than all day once a week, and probably easier to manage. I’m trying to re-learn the piano after not playing for 28 years and after about 15 minutes, I’m mentally exhausted anyway. Why not 15 minutes now?

By: Jon Hundt

Jon Hundt — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:50:00 +0000

turn it off, baby – pick up yer six-string and hit the road!

You are very good at what you do Ben – now give yourself a break from the 2D world.

What dimension is music in, by the way?

By: leftbanker

leftbanker — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:26:40 +0000

Your design is like the Taj Mahal of web sites while mineâ€”to continue with the architectural analogyâ€”is like a fort that little kids made out of couch cushions.

As far as my non-virtual world goes, I am playing a Chopin waltz on the piano (don’t be impressed, I think he wrote it when he was 2).

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:20:56 +0000

@Gary – well, if you are looking at the tv and the laptop at the same time, then maybe your world is 4D!

@VS – In the healthcare case i see more screen and less paper as definitely a good thing then

@Luke – OK, very good point. We have to use the materials as best we can… it’s just that screens replace so much of what we used to do in other ways…