Comments on: Ambient presence display http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display a geek commodity Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Pip http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display/comment-page-1#comment-485 Pip Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:01:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display#comment-485 I rather suspect my light might be firmly off most of the time :) I rather suspect my light might be firmly off most of the time :)

]]> By: Yvonne http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display/comment-page-1#comment-484 Yvonne Fri, 05 Aug 2005 13:34:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display#comment-484 Actually what you really want is an electrode connected to your brain that detects when your brain switches to alpha waves (the frequency of brain waves that occurs when you are totally focused on something) and makes a little light come on at the top of your monitor. Actually what you really want is an electrode connected to your brain that detects when your brain switches to alpha waves (the frequency of brain waves that occurs when you are totally focused on something) and makes a little light come on at the top of your monitor.

]]> By: Pip http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display/comment-page-1#comment-483 Pip Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:40:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display#comment-483 Wow, lo-fi eh? :) Should work just as well though. Hmmm. Wow, lo-fi eh? :) Should work just as well though. Hmmm.

]]> By: Anonymous http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display/comment-page-1#comment-482 Anonymous Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:12:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/06/ambient-presence-display#comment-482 =] a friend of mine at work printed out a traffic light, laminated it, stuck it on the side of his monitor, cut out an arrow and used blu-tack to have it pointing at red, amber or green: green meant "go ahead, I'm in", amber meant "this better be urgent" and red meant "I will ignore you for as long as I can".<br/><br/>Kokeshi =] a friend of mine at work printed out a traffic light, laminated it, stuck it on the side of his monitor, cut out an arrow and used blu-tack to have it pointing at red, amber or green: green meant “go ahead, I’m in”, amber meant “this better be urgent” and red meant “I will ignore you for as long as I can”.

Kokeshi

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