SILENT CHAOS
蹉跎
Indigo 发表于 2008-09-05 05:35:17
ROWE: “why work sucks and how to fix it”
Indigo 发表于 2008-08-09 00:58:54
深度阅读:
ROWE:上班就是“放假”
Wiki: ROWE
Google Offices (Googleplex) Around the World [Photos]
Life in the Googleplex
不要问
Indigo 发表于 2008-08-05 06:53:42
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
流浪远方流浪
为了天空飞翔的小鸟
为了山间清流的小溪
为了宽阔的草原
流浪远方流浪
还有还有
为了梦中的橄榄树 橄榄树
不要问我从哪里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
为什么流浪远方
为了我梦中的橄榄树
不要问我从哪里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
流浪远方流浪
sense & simplicity
Indigo 发表于 2008-07-30 10:23:57
恩,其实今天发这么多神经,是受这篇文章刺激。
也是最近一直在琢磨的。为什么越来越作茧自缚。没有节制的自由只能带来不自由。
其实原文里的这些早在NIT第一个Workshop里就讲过。当时很不屑。觉得都是些鸡毛蒜皮,是人都能整出一套来的东西。诶,意识到自己曾经有过的狂妄总会觉得不安。真是知道得越多越觉得自己无知。
其实事情总是没有那么复杂。大繁若简。
apple的智慧就在于’简‘的艺术。简了,出来的才是精华。
这个逻辑,缩小到具体的琐事和放大到人生的背景里,同样适用。
附原文:
使你的生活单纯化:每天只需10件事
1. 列出一个小清单.拿出一张小纸片,把它折成一个小方形,大概3×5英寸.或者拿出一张索引卡.现在在纸片上写下 你一生最重要的4-5件事情.什么对你最重要?你觉得什么最有价值?你的一生中最想做哪几件事?以这些事情优先,因为你正在为你的生活创造出空间,这样你 就有更多的时间做这些重要的事.2. 放弃一个任务.想想你的一生中有多少事情要做,然后找出一个你 不想做的.这件事耗费了你很多时间但收获甚少.也许你在一个团队,也许在接受什么训练,也许在一个对外委员会,或者其他无论什么.这件事你每天,每星期, 每月都在不停地做,但是你真的不想做了.现在就开始行动吧, 把这个负担丢掉.给这个任务的负责人打个电话,或者发一封email,告诉他,你没时间做这个.你会感觉到解脱的.我建议你放弃所有对你的清单(第一件事 情中的清单)中的事情没有帮助的一些负担,但是今天,只放弃一个就好了.
3.清空一个抽屉. 或者一个书架,或者一个柜子顶端,或者一个房间角落.不是整个房间或者甚至整个壁橱.只要一个小小的空间.你可以把这个空间作为你简化你的生活的据点,并 且向外扩张.如何清理:1)清空一个抽屉或者书架或者角落里的任何东西,把它们堆起来.2)从这一堆东西中,挑出最重要的或者你最爱的.3)放弃剩下的. 现在就做,抛弃它或者放到你的汽车里赠送给他人.4)把你爱的和有用的东西干净并有秩序地放回原处.
4.设一个限度.多读读Haiku Productivity.基本上,你要给你经常做的事情设一个限度:email,RSS文章,任务,订阅源,生活的条目,等等.然后试着让自己坚守这些限制.今天,你只需要设定一下这个限度,明天,开始习惯坚守他们.
5.简化你的清单.现在看看你的待做事项清单.如果超过了10个条目,你就能小小地简化它一下.至少找出一些可以放弃,可以委任,可以自动完成,可以请外援,或者可以忽略的条目.把清单简化.每星期一次,这是一个很好的习惯哦.
6.让你的自由时间更多. 简化你的生活的一个方法就是让你的时间更自由,你就有更多时间做自己想做的事.不幸的是,你可能甚至找不到时间来想想如何简化你的生活.如果是这种情况, 你至少需要每天腾出30分钟来想想如何简化你的生活.或者,花一个星期来思考这个问题.你怎么样才能每天腾出30分钟呢?很简单:早起一点,少看点电视, 在你的办公桌上便餐,午饭后散步,断开互联网,每天只查一次EMAIL,关掉电话,每天比前一天少做一件事.
7.清空你的桌面.我 发誓一个干净整洁的桌子会给你带来惊人的愉悦感.这是一件如此简单的事情,但是它带给你的无法估量.如果你的桌子堆满了报纸和便条甚至是一些库存,你可能 不能一下子清理干净.但是这是一些基本的步骤:1)清空你的桌子,把东西都堆在一起(或者放在你的储物盒或者地上).2)从头到脚过滤这一堆东西,每次一 件.不要试图延迟你的决定--迅速地作出你的决定.3)对于每件东西,你可以选择迅速地纳入档案,或者交付他人,或者或者扔掉,或者纳入你的要做的事情的 清单(并且要放到"事件"文件夹).如果这是一个机械的物品或者是办公室必须品,在你的抽屉里给它找一个容身之地,(或者干脆丢掉它).4)一遍一遍地筛 选过滤知道你那一堆杂物被清空.一定要确保摆脱了任何小玩意.你的桌面应该只有你的电脑,一个盒子,或者掌上电脑,也许还有一个家人相框(但不要太多). 哈哈,一个干净的桌子!5)从现在开始,把所有的东西都放在盒子里,并且每天都要不断的进行清理,确保你的桌面整洁.
8.清空你的email收件箱.这 和清空你的桌面有着同样的效果.你的email是不是总是充满了已读和未读的邮件?那是因为你对你的邮件延缓了你的决定.如果你的收件箱里有50,或者少 一点点的邮件,你可以今天花一整天时间把他们处理完.如果超过了100封,你应该把他们放到一个临时文件夹里,每次处理一部分(比如每天20封).以下是 如何过滤你的收件箱并清空--包括已经存在在你的收件箱里的信件和即将到来的:1)从头到尾过滤一次,每次一个,迅速的决定如何处理.2)你可以选择删 除,归档,迅速回复(然后归档或者删除),转发(然后归档或者删除),或者标记上星星(或者类似的)然后将它纳入清单,以后完成(然后归档).3)每封邮 件都要如此处理直到收件箱为空.4)每次检查email,依上法过滤其为空.啊哈,一个空空如也的收件箱!
9.走慢点.我 们一整天都在奔走,从一个任务到另一个,从一个职位到另一个,直到暮色四合,我们才能躺下.让我们来改变它吧,让做更少的事(参见条目1,4,5),让我 们做的更慢.慢慢地吃饭,慢慢地驾驶,慢慢地行走,慢慢地淋浴.要有计划,活在当下.这不是你需要计划到明天去做的事情,你应该现在就开始练习.
10.独立型任务.与复合型任务不同的是,每次只做一件事情.当你做这件事情的时候你要避免所有的干扰,摆脱其他不相干的习惯(比如想查查Email或者其他的习以为常的事情).坚持那一个任务,直到你完成它.这样它不会给你很大压力,也不会影响到你的精力.
另附一篇:
Haiku Productivity: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a little while now, about an experiment I’ve been doing. For a few months, I’ve been purposely binding myself.
Not as a way to hamstring myself, but as a way to make me focus on fewer, but more important things. As a way to allow myself to do more in less time.
I’m sure you’ve heard of the Pareto principle, known also as the 80/20 rule. While I don’t think that the percentages of that rule are exact, the principle is true: you should focus on the few things that get you the most benefit.
But while that’s nice in principle, in practice it’s hardly ever done. Why? Because we have too much thrown at us at once, and we’re too busy juggling everything coming at us to take a minute and evaluate what’s essential, what gets the most benefit for the least amount of effort, and what we should really focus on.
There’s no systematic way to focus on the essential stuff, and eliminate the rest.
Until now. I’ve developed a system I call Haiku Productivity, based on some good ideas by others (and I won’t be able to name them all, but know that I am indebted). The key to Haiku Productivity is to limit yourself to an arbitrary but small number of things, forcing yourself to focus on the important stuff and eliminate all else.
Haiku: Limited but powerful
To understand this simple concept, think about the form of the haiku (the common version, at least): it’s poetry in 17 syllables, with 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables (I know there are variations and this is only a rough definition, but that’s not important to this article). The point is that the form of the haiku is extremely limited, to a small number of lines and syllables.
What this does is forces the poet to focus on only those words that mean the most to the poem. While other forms of poetry can go on for pages, haiku are short and compact. As a result, haiku can be some of the most powerful poems in any language.
With such a limited form, you cannot just use any amount of words you want to express a concept. You have to focus on one small but essential concept, and as a result you accomplish a lot with a few syllables. That’s what Haiku Productivity is.
Limited but Productive
So how does this apply to productivity? Well, if you think this will allow you to accomplish twice as many tasks, you’re wrong. You’ll accomplish fewer tasks. But you will most likely be more effective, because you will have to choose only the essential tasks — the ones that will give you the most benefit for your limited time.
What are the other benefits of Haiku Productivity, besides increased effectiveness? Besides forcing you to focus on essential tasks that have a large Return on Investment (ROI), it forces you to eliminate the non-essential tasks. No other system forces you to do that. It forces you to make the best use of your time. It forces you to limit the time you spend on things, which means you have more time for other things that are important to you, and you are able to focus on what you want to focus on, instead of everything coming at you.
It simplifies your life and makes you less stressed out.
Haiku Productivity: Place Limits on Everything
For those who enjoyed Zen To Done (ZTD), this is an extension of those concepts.
The rule of Haiku Productivity is: put limits on everything you do.
That’s it. One rule. What are the things you do? It’s different for everyone, but common ones might be: email, RSS feeds, goals, time wasters, tasks.
What limits should you set? It’s different for everyone. And it’s arbitrary (there are no logical limits for anything — it’s necessarily arbitrary) but based on your own experience and experimentation.
Here are the limits I’ve set for myself that seem to work — but remember that they will be different for you. And also note that while there’s a nice order to these, that’s mostly coincidence (I put them in a nice order), and there is no need to keep an order like this.
1 Goal: The number of goals I’m allowed to have at any one time. I can only really focus on one goal at a time … any more than that and I lose focus and energy.
2 times to process email: If I only allow myself to check email twice a day, I cannot let email control my life. It makes me much more efficient. When I process email, I process to empty. Now, there are other times during the day when I have to send email, such as emailing a post to one of my editors. At that time, I might respond quickly to one or two emails, but I don’t process my email during that time.
3 MITs: I choose three Most Important Tasks for each day, and focus completely on these. Any more than that and I might not get them all done.
4 batch tasks: Aside from MITs, I also give myself 4 smaller tasks that I try to batch all at once. This usually takes me 30-60 minutes at the end of the day.
5 sentence emails: I got this idea from Mike Davidson, whose article came at a perfect time as I was limiting other things in my life, and was also trying to keep my emails short at that time. His 5-sentence rule (no email can be longer than 5 sentences) fit in perfectly with everything else I tried to do, and I’ve adopted it. It forces you to write only what’s essential. I broke the rule at first, but I’ve been pretty good lately. This rule also limits the amount of time you spend replying to email, and makes processing a breeze.
6 RSS posts: I’ve been adjusting this as I’ve experimented, but I’ve settled on reading 6 posts per day. The method: I open my Google Reader in list view, scan through the headlines, and choose just 6 to read, opening them in new tabs. I then “Mark All as Read” and go and read my 6 posts in further detail. It has made RSS reading super fast.
7 minutes of wasted time: This is just for fun, but when I’ve done a task, I reward myself with 7 minutes of being able to do anything I want. That means I can read a humor site, or go and read comments on this blog, or look through Delicious or Digg or a forum, or whatever I want. For only 7 minutes. Then I get back to work. This allows me to have a little fun sprinkled throughout my day, but limits it. I set a timer. Totally works.
10 RSS feeds: While I’ve talked about reducing my RSS feeds before, I got the idea of only having 10 feeds from a friend, Ann, who bested my 16 feeds (at the time) with only 10 of her own. I thought that was a great idea, and now I only allow myself to subscribe to 10 feeds. That means I have to choose the 10 that give me the absolute best info for the time I spend reading them.
100 things: Actually, I haven’t done this, but it was one of the inspirations for this post, so I had to list it. It’s also something I’d like to try out in the near future. I don’t think it’ll be that difficult for me, as I doubt I have much more than 100 things. But anyway, the gist is that blogger Dave Bruno decided to do a 100 thing challenge, where he keeps only 100 personal items (not counting books, and not counting non-personal items such as dishes, cleaning supplies, etc.). Read the entire series. 100 things is, of course, an arbitrary limit, but again, that’s the idea: set a goal and try to limit yourself to it.
Again, your limits and the things you limit will vary depending on your situation. I am in no way suggesting that you adopt these limits. But by restricting yourself to a small number of things, you force yourself to focus only on the essential.
google宝典
Indigo 发表于 2008-07-30 09:52:55
摘要
1. Find the Face Behind the Result
append the code &imgtype=face to the end of the URL address after you perform a standard Google Image search.
2. Google + Social Media Sites = Quality Free Stuff
e.g. site:digg.com free “desktop wallpaper”
site:reddit.com free “wordpress templates“
site:del.icio.us free “stock images”
site:netscape.com free “ringtones”
site:stumbleupon.com free icons
3. Find Free Anonymous Web Proxies
e.g. inurl:”nph-proxy.cgi” “start using cgiproxy”
inurl:”nph-proxy.cgi” “Start browsing through this CGI-based proxy”
4. Google for Music, Videos, and Ebooks
e.g. Find Music: -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Counting Crows”
Find Videos: -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(mpg|wmv) “chapelle”
Find Ebooks: -inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(pdf|doc) “george orwell 1984″
5. Results Based on Third-Party Opinion
e.g. allinanchor:”google hacks”
6. MISC
- link:URL = lists other pages that link to the URL.
- related:URL = lists other pages that are related to the URL.
- site:domain.com “search term = restricts search results to the given domain.
- allinurl:WORDS = shows only pages with all search terms in the url.
- inurl:WORD = like allinurl: but filters the URL based on the first term only.
- allintitle:WORD = shows only results with terms in title.
- intitle:WORD = similar to allintitle, but only for the next word.
- cache:URL = will show the Google cached version of the URL.
- info:URL = will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the url. This is the same as typing the url into the search box.
- filetype:SOMEFILETYPE = will restrict searches to that filetype
- -filetype:SOMEFILETYPE = will remove that file type from the search.
- site:www.somesite.net “+www.somesite.net” = shows you how many pages of your site are indexed by google
- allintext: = searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title
- allinlinks: = searches only within links, not text or title
- WordA OR WordB = search for either the word A or B
- “Word” OR “Phrase” = search exact word or phrase
- WordA -WordB = find word A but filter results that include word B
- WordA +WordB = results much contain both Word A and Word B
- ~WORD = looks up the word and its synonyms
- ~WORD -WORD = looks up only the synonyms to the word
终于又开始练瑜伽
Indigo 发表于 2008-07-30 07:12:36
楼下的健身房自不必说,刚来那会儿好奇去过两回,遂发现被机器虐待相当无趣。那感觉就好比吃压缩饼干,虽然绝对补充能量但食之完全无味。加之后来学医的Cmm教育说跑步机上练出来得都是死肉,缺乏对如自然界的非线性环境做出反应云云,俺不进健身房更加理直气壮。所以之后再没去过那个健身房,白浪费NIT两年的健身费。这个作罢,但就连后山的小森林——绝对负离子绝对天然氧吧——我都还是懒得挪下楼挪过马路哪怕去散个小步。一个人吧,觉得挺傻。找人去吧,俺这么内向,也懒得调动脑细胞没话找话。
所以还是瑜伽适合俺。内敛,深沉。看起来平静,却在四平八稳中蓄积能量,一点点体会自己的极限,然后量变到质变的突破之。加上冥想的哲学意味,尤其适合一个人闭门在家修炼,实在不能更契合俺这只蝎子了,哈哈。目前练了近半个月,感觉自己柔韧还可以,没有退化到想象中那么烂。但是冥想还没法做到完全投入。内心还是浮躁嘈杂的。
译言上看到一段冥想法,准备试试。具体如下:
“找张椅子坐下来,或者地板上,怎么舒服怎么来。闭上眼睛,自然的呼吸。每当一个想法出现在你脑子中时你就把它放进一个气球,然后放飞它,让它在天空 中越飞越高,越飞越高,直到消失不见。反复的这样做,知道你脑子中的想法耗尽。过一会儿之后,你会感觉你的身体变轻了,思维也越来越平静。第一次做时也许 比较困难花费你很长时间,但是之后会越做越好。”
记得奥修讲过一段如何冥想的,也是讲要清空所有想法,回归完全无意识的状态。现在自己的问题就是脑子停不住,被各种各样的问题牵绊,神经是崩着的。睡觉也不踏实,思维还是活动的,做各种紧张奇怪的梦。




