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@Choice Program
You are always at choice. We all have a choice on where to
put our attention. On how and when to stay present, to keep
our attention on what is important.
And it can be hard. With so much clamoring for attention,
it is a challenge to stay focused when most needed. Virtual
work is particularly challenging.
The New Inattention - Surfers Voice
Have you been in a conversation with someone using "surfer's
voice" -- that combination of "yup, un-huh, OK"
that tells you they are only partly present?
Have you ever found yourself partly present on a telephone
call because you are web surfing or doing e-mail?
This is not just being rude or an outrageous character flaw.
It is just a choice -- made much more difficult by two facts.
First, humans are incredibly visual beings. Second, software
tools are designed to clamor for our attention.
That makes it hard for the telephone, and the telephone caller,
to compete.
We are commited to overcoming the limitations of technology
in virtual work. And we are into experimenting to see what
works!
Want to play? Try our @Choice Attentions Savers. They are
simple screen saver programs. When you get a call that you
want to give attention to, just click on one of these programs.
To end the program and restore your screen, just touch the
Esc key.
Let us know if you use them. What else could the software
do? Mute your speakers? Keep track of time? Display a clock?
What do you think?
Download Instructions
These are Windows programs only. To download, click on the
name of the file you want. Right click and select Save Target
As.... You will see a Save As dialog box. Save it to your
preferred location. I use the Desktop so I can click on the
program when a call comes in.
If you double-click the file, select Save from the dialog
box. Do not select Open. A Save As dialog box will appear.
Save it to your preferred location.
Blanker
(674KB) simply blanks your screen. To restore your screen,
just touch the Esc key.
Clouds
(17.4MB) is a screen saver of high definition cloud pictures
taken early on an August morning on Mt. Desert Island in Maine.
To restore your screen, just touch the Esc key.
Water
(11.4 MB) is a screen saver of high definition cloud pictures
taken early on an August morning on Mt. Desert Island in Maine.
To restore your screen, just touch the Esc key.
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