This is a little out of left-field, and sort of related to this discussion on the resistance of the material: http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=32320
I've found that by leveraging Hypnagogia (more commonly known as the snooze button on your alarm clock) a heightened level of associative thinking can be applied to particular problems. Here's an excerpt from the wikipedia article on the subject "Receptivity and suggestibility Thought processes on the edge of sleep tend to differ radically from those of ordinary wakefulness. Hypnagogia may involve a %u201Cloosening of ego boundaries ... openness, sensitivity, internalization-subjectification of the physical and mental environment (empathy) and diffuse-absorbed attention, Hypnagogic cognition, in comparison with that of normal, alert wakefulness, is characterised by heightened suggestibility, illogic and a fluid association of ideas." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia I know it's a little cranola-crunchy.. but if I've been looking at a problem for a week and feeling stuck in a rut I will make time on a Saturday morning to ponder the options, more often than not I come away with new avenues to explore. food for thought - ymmv. /pauric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48929 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
