Comments on: Can you hear me NOW? http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/2009/12/attention/can-you-hear-me-now/ An Idea Garden from the Fringe Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:04:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matthew http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/2009/12/attention/can-you-hear-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Matthew Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:25:10 +0000 http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/?p=529#comment-184 Very good observation. We tend to mirror others volume and manner when we communicate with them, only in this case there is only one party, and each party is in a different social context. Your comment also reminded me of an earlier post as well. For what it's worth, http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/2009/12/thoughts/frustrating-your-own-goals/ Very good observation. We tend to mirror others volume and manner when we communicate with them, only in this case there is only one party, and each party is in a different social context.

Your comment also reminded me of an earlier post as well. For what it’s worth, http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/2009/12/thoughts/frustrating-your-own-goals/

]]> By: Pete http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/2009/12/attention/can-you-hear-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Pete Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:04:59 +0000 http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/?p=529#comment-183 Anything (ringtone or talking) that's louder than the average conversation level in the area or group, gets noticed. People talk as loud as the handset sounds to them, and by covering their ear, they can't blend that volume into the local level. For bluetoothers who walk along, we don't know they're on the conversation. However, since they don't have a physical person to talk to, they don't define or defend their "conversation space". If someone wanders into that space (any point close to or within eyeshot of the bluetoother), they expect any talking will be directed at them. Perhaps a holographic simile of the remote caller floating in proximity face to face with the bluetoother, would alert everyone to stand clear of that conversation space, since it's taken. (Patent pending) -pete- Anything (ringtone or talking) that’s louder than the average conversation level in the area or group, gets noticed. People talk as loud as the handset sounds to them, and by covering their ear, they can’t blend that volume into the local level.

For bluetoothers who walk along, we don’t know they’re on the conversation. However, since they don’t have a physical person to talk to, they don’t define or defend their “conversation space”. If someone wanders into that space (any point close to or within eyeshot of the bluetoother), they expect any talking will be directed at them. Perhaps a holographic simile of the remote caller floating in proximity face to face with the bluetoother, would alert everyone to stand clear of that conversation space, since it’s taken. (Patent pending)

-pete-

]]> By: Matthew http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/2009/12/attention/can-you-hear-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Matthew Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:04:22 +0000 http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/?p=529#comment-182 That is another good article. thanks for the reference Chad. That is another good article. thanks for the reference Chad.

]]> By: Chad http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/2009/12/attention/can-you-hear-me-now/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Chad Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:20:14 +0000 http://blog.brinkofchaos.com/?p=529#comment-181 Interesting post as always. There was an opinion piece in today's WSJ also addressing this issue: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704152804574627960532587996.html Interesting post as always. There was an opinion piece in today’s WSJ also addressing this issue: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704152804574627960532587996.html

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