> > As for the glut of information out there, I absorb information > randomly and allow natural selection to weed out the least useful > data. The best ideas survive and find a home somewhere down the road > where they're most likely to do some good. >
Seconded. (Nice explanation, too!) It helps if you have a really good memory for trivial facts, because that ability helps you retain useful information, too. For example, I once knew a lot of trivial information about indie flicks. Directors, filmographies for obscure character actors, drinking games around spotting the famous guy in an unknown movie, catch phrases used in every movie by the same director ... you name it. Then God invented IMDB, and my superpower became useless. I redirected my energy toward design. Now, I can remember just about everything I've read, done, heard, talked about with others, and so on, and it's actually helpful in my career. Again, though, I can't remember what I did last weekend. -r- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
