Comments on: Lightbulb moment: for serendipity, stay logged into the immersive environment http://www.thinkbalm.com/2009/01/06/lightbulb-moment-for-serendipity-stay-logged-into-the-immersive-environment/ Immersive Internet insights & expertise Thu, 19 May 2011 03:24:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Erica Driver http://www.thinkbalm.com/2009/01/06/lightbulb-moment-for-serendipity-stay-logged-into-the-immersive-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Erica Driver Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:42:59 +0000 http://thinkbalm.com/?p=928#comment-54 Justin, you raise a good point about distraction. Just as having a loud guy sitting in the cube next to yours or having people knock on your door to ask you a question or having the phone ring or an IM pop up, seeing movement out of the corner of your eye can be distracting. The bottom line is: if there is more value that can be gleaned from the serendipitous interactions than there is loss of value from the distraction, it's a win. Justin, you raise a good point about distraction. Just as having a loud guy sitting in the cube next to yours or having people knock on your door to ask you a question or having the phone ring or an IM pop up, seeing movement out of the corner of your eye can be distracting. The bottom line is: if there is more value that can be gleaned from the serendipitous interactions than there is loss of value from the distraction, it’s a win.

]]> By: justincc http://www.thinkbalm.com/2009/01/06/lightbulb-moment-for-serendipity-stay-logged-into-the-immersive-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-53 justincc Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:52:01 +0000 http://thinkbalm.com/?p=928#comment-53 Very interesting. I tend to find the same thing - I have a four monitor horizontal setup and I will tend to leave a client with OpenSim open on the one furthest to the left. However, I do sometimes also find that seeing movement out of the corner of your eye can be rather distracting - I don't know if you find this any better with a horizontal setup. Or maybe it's because I often find I need to spend a significant amount of attention coding and any distraction is a bad thing. Very interesting. I tend to find the same thing – I have a four monitor horizontal setup and I will tend to leave a client with OpenSim open on the one furthest to the left.

However, I do sometimes also find that seeing movement out of the corner of your eye can be rather distracting – I don’t know if you find this any better with a horizontal setup. Or maybe it’s because I often find I need to spend a significant amount of attention coding and any distraction is a bad thing.

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