March | 2016 | Michael Firus

Creative Self-portrait ’50 Words (or so)’– Michael Firus

Well, my first blog post. That’s me and my pal the sun by the way. I’m not entirely sure it’s acceptable for me to say I have a connection to media in any particularly excellent way. I do freelance editing and videography, but just typing that makes me feel unwell with pretension.

Here we go…

Well, my first blog post. Ever. Let’s just say I’m Michael P Firus. Oh, that’s me and my pal the sun btw. I’m not entirely sure it’s acceptable for me to say I have a connection to media in any particularly special way. We’re all pretty much media creators and indeed all media consumers so…

Focus and the Notification

I think that it’s pretty fair to say the notification tone is one of humanities biggest distractions from deep focus. Each mobile hardware and software platform has its own distinct set of chimes to let you know when the next frivolous message has reached your hand. These tones are heard constantly on the morning commute…

Deep vs Hyper Attention

The question of the merit of deep vs hyper attention-span is a prickly one to confront. It is unpleasant because at some point it leads to a self-reflection of how efficient am I? It can be constructive in this sense, but nonetheless unpleasant. It is a question explored by N. Katherine Hayles in this article…