Comments on: The Duty to Stay Connected

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:08:34 +0000

Thank you, Sara! It's a pleasure to meet you and I look forward to
learning more about you.

By: soragarrett

soragarrett — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:23:56 +0000

am so loving & resonating with everything I read from you, Tara … looking forward to connecting more at some point, when we're both good & ready :-) would love to be one of your spotlights at some point

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:40:57 +0000

Mitzi,

So great to meet you! Thank you for the support. I'd love to know more
about what you do.

Also, thank you for introducing me to Kelly's work... I hadn't visited
her site before. I look forward to connecting with her.

By: myfengshuilife

myfengshuilife — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:20:25 +0000

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this post. :)

To give proper credit, I just found your blog via a link from http://www.kellydiels.com/

I've been following you on Twitter, (I'm @MyFengShuiLife) but I guess I haven't visited your link from you bio!
(shame on me...now i know what I've been missing out on)

Anyway, now a subscriber and I look fwd to reading more.

Namasté
Mitzi

By: jeffdunsavage

jeffdunsavage — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:33:12 +0000

You'll never look at a door the same way again.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:31:12 +0000

I like that idea, Jeff. “A door that requires a Push or Pull sign is a
poorly designed door.” It has stayed with me all day.

By: jeffdunsavage

jeffdunsavage — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:58:48 +0000

My favorite book about design is Donald Norman's The Design of Everyday Things. It completely liberated me from the idea that I am a klutz as I came to see that the everyday objects that betrayed my presumed klutziness were poorly designed. Core to Norman's design theory is: Design is putting knowledge into the world. This is done through systems of “affordances” and “constraints” — excellent design contains both. It doesn't just allow you to do things…it also keeps you from doing the wrong things. Think about floppy disks (remember floppies?) – actually, I'm thinking about the rigid ones (even though we still called them floppies): You couldn't put them in the drive wrong…you almost couldn't even try. The drive opening and the disk conspired without words to show you how it should go in. Compare that with so much award-winning design that you have to figure out. Doors with no obvious cues as to which side you need to push or pull and whether you need to push or pull. Phones with non-intuitive (even counterintuitive) key pads.

Most memorable line from Norman's book: “A door that requires a Push or Pull sign is a poorly designed door.” I'm trying to design my life according to that philosophy.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:42:21 +0000

Mike,

I often am picked on by my family and friends for my “preventive
habits” as they don't really understand them, so believe me it is a
great relief to me to know you understand and share my perspective.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:39:29 +0000

Jeff,

So nice to hear from you. I hadn't thought about log-ins as a
constraint to make information self-organizing... but you are so
right, they are. If you don't login, the information is not available
to you. The act of logging allows you control when and where the
connection happens. On the other hand, I am intrigued by the concept
of one aggregated tool for staying connected. Twitter, email, RSS, and
other social tools in one place, under one account. I don't doubt we
are headed in that direction. But even with an aggregated tool we
could still determine when we hit the 'ol login button and gets dosed
with info. I suppose the bottom line is we need to still feel as
though we can control what information we get, where and when.

By: Tara Joyce

Tara Joyce — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:25:32 +0000

Susie,

I too find my Self more and more attracted to a slower lifestyle. It
is a real challenge shifting my thinking away from our society's
prevalent story that busier equals more useful, that fast is a
necessity. I often find my Self struggling internally with the old
notions I hold and the new ones I am embracing. A simple, easy life
seems wrong somehow. Like I am fooling myself that life and business
and everything in between doesn't need to be stressful. Perhaps I
simply need more proof (time passing) that my life as it is, is real
and sustainable.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your story. It's great to know
that FaceBook has been of great value to you and your relationships.
Perhaps my fear of overcommitment has prevented me from joining and I
need to let go of that.