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> I think the whole “lifehacking” thing is retarded Regardless of your general "help me understand the Bay" stance, this a HUGE negative blaming statement that
by kordless 12y ago
> I think the whole “lifehacking” thing is retarded
Regardless of your general "help me understand the Bay" stance, this a HUGE negative blaming statement that originates from you alone.
I live in the Bay. I regularly modify my diet to see how it affects my health. I found out I'm allergic to gluten by testing its effects on making my ears ring, stomach ache, etc. Riding my bike clears my mind like nothing else. Why I do this, how I do it, talk about it, terms I use to refer to it and pretty much anything else I choose to do is up to me, and shouldn't be judged by you unless it affects you directly, even if you did read it somewhere. Which it doesn't, and you didn't.
I hear you when you want other opinions about the culture here, but as others have stated, the Bay Area has a massive number of people in the technology scene. We have compassion, asshats, brilliance, idiocy, over-achievers, under-achievers, massive revenue generators, massive cash burners, and everything in between. All from direct observations, FWIW.
If you want a good experience, then let all your expectations go and don't worry about it. Seek out meaningful conversations and experiences and let what will be, be.
In other words, come live in the moment, for a moment is all that you have here.
I hope your stay is an enjoyable one. I, for one, love it here.
- forgottenpass 12y agoFinding out how food and exercise affect your body and adjusting your behavior accordingly is very different from what "lifehack" is in popular media. Even if we ignore the bad ideas and generally superfluous stuff branded as "lifehacks," the bare-bones of lifehacking is often steeped in the smug self-righteousness of the Bay that is a throughline in OP's post.
- kordless 12y agoA right click and click on define divulges lifehacking as "a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way". Given gluten is a drain on my brain, and riding at a certain time increases my clarity levels for creating, I'm going to strongly disagree with you here. I also have NFC tags on my desk and near the front door to speed the time it takes to configure my phone for the commute to the city. That there are some who are smug about their personal experiences practicing things I practice is up to them. Expecting to ONLY find smugness because people in the Bay (may) practice lifehacking is simply setting negative expectations. Nothing more, nothing less.
- grmarcil 12y agoCool sounding NFC setup - have you written anywhere about that? Or do you mind describing what the NFC points trigger on your phone here?
- kordless 12y ago:) I use NFC Tools from the Google Play store + Whiztags with write capabilities, not that's necessary for executing predefined phone actions. The update to the Nexus 5 now allows you to use the tags for unlocking the phone based on unique ID on an NFC tag as well.