Daily Archives: September 30, 2013

Hooked

I hang my clothing. Folding is a timely process and it always looks messy. More importantly folded clothing, is hidden clothing to me. Unless I can see it, it doesn’t exist. Literally, everything on my cupboard shelves hasn’t been touched in several months. This includes clothing I don’t wear but can’t yet part with, books I would like to read but simply can’t because I am over committed to reality television, and other miscellaneous items. The same goes for my jewelry. For this reason, I purchased six lovely hooks (or two sets of three) to hang my necklaces and bracelets on. Not only are these hooks practical, but they display my jewelry like art. They are a nice little feature in my bedroom and one that receives many compliments. I purchased these hooks from ‘Bed, Bath and Table’ because they go with the shabby chic look of my bedroom. Honestly, they were a pain to put on the wall. . . according to the handy man that was paid to hang them. But, not all hooks are tricky. Small hooks like these aren’t difficult to come by. Ikea and other home ware stores usually have them. You could even go to your local hardware store. I highly recommend you invest in some.

How GREEN are you really being?

So, Spirax note books. These are the yellow ones that most people seem to use. You may be familiar with the calendar page that doubles as an advertisement, which is found at the beginning of the note book. Typically, I tear this out without a second thought but this time I didn’t, and I’m glad I didn’t. The other day, whilst at University, I became a little disinterested and read the ‘Did you know?’ section of said advertisement. One really jumped out at me…

“Paper demand increases by 40% in companies that introduce email systems, because employees tend to print emails before reading them.”

So many people champion the Internet and emails in particular, for saving trees and decreasing our carbon footprint. But, this clearly isn’t the case.

Week 9 Unsymposium

An interesting point

Adrian made an interesting point about the Internet being in NO way virtual. He said, and I agree, that we renege all responsibility when saying that the Internet is just virtual. Adrian used the example of our phones, and the landfill this creates.

Why does the 80/20 rule seem to appear universally in the physical world?

In my opinion, this question is more an attempt to generate conversation and less about seeking a genuine answer i.e. asking a question for the sake of asking a question. I think Adrian’s answer – “I have no idea” – exemplifies this. Elliot and Jasmine made reference to Barabasi’s notes on growth and preferential attachment but, Adrian corrected that the 80/20 rule in the physical world is separate from power law distributions.

The long tail

By linking to the ‘long tail’ we are helping it become healthier and thereby avoiding the rich get richer phenomenon. There is more information in the long tail and we need to nurture this. For example, blogs contain specific information about specific topics, whereas A-list broadcasters like The Age only touch the surface in their attempt to cover a broad range of topics.