Fools and their time metaphors
Digital calendars were supposed to make us feel at peace and in control. Instead, we feel scatter-brained, anxious, and over-booked. How have these tools shaped the way we think about time? And how might we free ourselves from the prison of the Gregorian grid?
Fools and their time metaphors AZL .BLOG re: media memory & metaphor Fools and their time metaphors February 11, 2019 × Aaron Z. Lewis × Oakland, CA We need to talk about the way we talk about time. Calendar apps were supposed to make us feel at peace and in control. Instead, we're scatter-brained, stressed, and over-booked. First we shaped our calendar tools, and thereafter our calendar tools shaped us . I want to investigate the problems they've created and propose a way out. Let's start by breathing some life into the " zombie metaphors " that haunt our daily conversations about calendars a
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