I found Steve's blog entry interesting and useful. I found the very
word,
scaffold, to be a helpful way of framing the concept.
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Originally Posted by ÜberDan What other scaffolds are people using to help other than a morning and evening routine? |
A while ago I saw that a colleague of mine had hung a four inch diameter analog clock on the wall of her cubicle, right next to her computer screen.
This may sound like such a simple little idea, too insignificant to be worthy of mention. Yet, when I immitated my colleague and did the same thing, I found that it helped
enormously to keep me more aware of the speed with which time was passing and how I was using my time. It helped me to track time and to become more conscious of how long it took me to perform certain tasks.
I think the human mind (or at least
my mind) can process the information from pictures more quickly than the information from text and numbers. I have found that having an
analog clock within easy view is a huge improvement over the tiny digital clock at the bottom right hand corner of my computer screen. It's even an improvement over my wristwatch which, while it has an analog dial, is not "in my face" like the clock hanging on the wall next to my computer screen.