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Yes I do that all the time too. If I have a particularly good idea while I'm in bed, but am too lazy to get up and write it down, I'll usually stack some objec
by Qz 16y ago
Yes I do that all the time too. If I have a particularly good idea while I'm in bed, but am too lazy to get up and write it down, I'll usually stack some objects on my dresser in a weird pile, and when I wake up I see the pile and remember what I had thought about.
Sadly this kind of spatial organization ability is mostly lacking in computer interfaces, although that seems to be changing recently with things like Panorama in Firefox 4 (and other things I'm probably not aware of).
- jacobolus 16y ago> Sadly this kind of spatial organization ability is mostly lacking in computer interfaces, Siracusa’s writing on that is worth a read (relevant bits start at page 2): http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2003/04/finder.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2003/04/finder.ars
- Natsu 16y agoIt's not completely lacking. I can just move a file to a different place on my computer's desktop, just as easily as I could move a real file on a normal desk to leave myself a message. The interesting thing is that it doesn't even have to be relevant to what it's supposed to remind me of. In fact, the more unique (and thereby, less relevant) the change is, the better the odds are that I'll remember what I want to. The primary downside is that it makes you more sensitive to people moving your stuff around. They generally have no clue that they could be disrupting something.