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tord_dellsen@diasp.eu
Sunyata ☸ 👨🏻‍💻

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on—in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in the world. Each day 40,000 children die of hunger. The superpowers now have more than 50,000 nuclear warheads, enough to destroy our planet many times. Yet the sunrise is beautiful, and the rose that bloomed this morning along the wall is a miracle. Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.

--- Thich Nhat Hanh, in the book Being Peace

#ThichNhatHanh #meditation #mindfulness #peace #war

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tord_dellsen@diasp.eu
Sunyata ☸ 👨🏻‍💻

Looking for a UX researcher to help with free software for well-being

Our mission is to create libre/free (as in freedom) applications for people to increase the well-being in themselves and others.

We are looking for a UX researcher who shares our vision of creating a suite of software applications - covering all aspects of daily life - helping people reach, improve and maintain well-being in their daily life.

The projects with most activity at the moment:
* Mindfulness at the Computer (Desktop computers) https://codeberg.org/fswb/mindfulness-at-the-computer
* KindMind (Android) https://codeberg.org/fswb/kindmind

Organization overview page: https://codeberg.org/fswb/fswb/

#fswb #mindfulness #ux

mindfulness-at-the-computer

[status: beta] [platforms: Lin/Win/Mac] Helps you stay mindful of your breathing while using your computer. Installation: `pip3 install mindfulness-at-the-computer` Website: https://mindfulness-at-the-computer.gitlab.io

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psych@diasp.org
Michael

Homage to Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)

From a bygone era, both for society and the film-maker....
This was a movie which impacted our pre-Internet society in many ways: comedy/satire, fashion, dating, intellectualism...

I just shared this short-list with a colleague, noting how so many of my long-time interests in #psychology phenomena were stimulated (along with my funny bone) in this film classic.

The whole film can be found online these days, but here are 3 highlights which are now part of my DNA....
Since it's still formatted for 'here'/ pora* (my post, shared privately earlier), I suppose I should share it, prime-time #nostalgia....

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This is my touchstone for “Woody Allen” films. As a young man who ‘fell in love’ with Diane Keaton (as did the fashion world) with this film, I was ‘imprinted’ to Annie Hall. Keaton was like a lovable hippie-type (70’s/NY) and Allen the ultimate NY neurotic. Three scenes I’ll never forget:

This one was ('appetizer') is a bit of ‘slapstick’, on 'dating' chemistry +/- :
Cooking Lobster

And this one below, I think, fed my interest in both psychology and the phenomenon of “airheads” and ‘elective ignorance’ (as we see these days too)…

It's a quick look (I think profound) at “intellectualism vs. happiness” - Woody Allen and Keaton see a happy-looking couple. Cynical Woody is in despair about how difficult it is to find happiness in a relationship. He asks for their secret:

'You look like a very happy couple'

And one more, for a trifecta of Annie Hall profundities - this one with Marshall McLuhan in a cameo. Here we see another blow at intellectual smugness, as - waiting in line for a show - Woody endures someone blathering away about ‘the meaning’… Love this one:

Annie Hall [Cinema scene, with Marshall McLuhan]

Hope one or more of these stimulates a smile or moment of thought!

For me, one of the best movies ever made, as craft, comedy, ensemble, & life…

#WoodyAllen #FilmHistory #mindfulness #cynicism #comedy #wit #DianeKeaton #1977 #movies #AnnieHall

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Alex

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available - more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#buddhism #zen #dharma #mindfulness

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tord_dellsen@diasp.eu
Sunyata ☸ 👨🏻‍💻

Mindfulness at the computer:

Opened Sprint 2023-06-30

https://codeberg.org/fswb/mindfulness-at-the-computer/projects/3305

Focus: Finalizing testing of it7. Starting it8: Adding missing components (taking a break away from the computer, selecting multiple breathing phrases). {Using the newly updated dev-process from the FSWB repo, which has issue templates for the main process issue labels}

#matc #fswb #mindfulness-at-the-computer #mindfulness

mindfulness-at-the-computer

[status: beta] [platforms: Lin/Win/Mac] Helps you stay mindful of your breathing while using your computer. Installation: `pip3 install mindfulness-at-the-computer` Website: https://mindfulness-at-the-computer.gitlab.io

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tord_dellsen@diasp.eu
Sunyata ☸ 👨🏻‍💻

Mindfulness at the computer:

Closed Sprint 2023-06-16

https://codeberg.org/fswb/mindfulness-at-the-computer/projects/3180

The focus set when starting the sprint was:

Rewrite user stories (user reqs). Finalize analysis of design from iteration 6. Create new design(s) in iteration 7. Update project to be compatible with new FSWB dev process

What has been done

Cleaned up user stories (user reqs) by removing the specific requirement about seeing stats with pauses etc. This was done since the analysis of the iteration-6 design showed that these stats didn't add anything important. Also updated the FSWB dev-process with insights from MatC and vice versa

Created new design (iteration 7) and a hi-fi prototype for this design

New design

  1. small-bell
  2. big bell. new type of breathing GUI shown: static and dynamic. it shows
    • a progress bar with double purpose (time until closing and breathing guide)
    • br phrase
    • close button?
    • stats?? like the amount of time spent at the computer
    • break button??? (would show fullscreen window)
  3. user can interact with the custom dlg or not
    • static: dialog is closed when the timer ends
    • dynamic: dialog is closed when the user hovers outside, or clicks on the dialog

#matc #mindfulness-at-the-computer #fswb #mindfulness

mindfulness-at-the-computer

[status: beta] [platforms: Lin/Win/Mac] Helps you stay mindful of your breathing while using your computer. Installation: `pip3 install mindfulness-at-the-computer` Website: https://mindfulness-at-the-computer.gitlab.io

tord_dellsen@diasp.eu
Sunyata ☸ 👨🏻‍💻

Mindfulness at the computer:

Closed sprint 2023-06-02 (extended to two weeks)

https://codeberg.org/fswb/mindfulness-at-the-computer/projects/3180

Hi-fi prototype created
* Ask user to relax and let go of the computer keyboard and mouse, and sounding bell after a period of inactivity
* Stats for breaks and work sessions. Example: [12:34] 5m 4m 5m (3m) Explanation: [time of application start] work period 1, 2, 3 (break period)
* Redesign of the timer system, now using a state and a single unified timer
* Implementing fading out (transparency) when hovering outside of the breathing area for the break fullscreen window and using this to close the window

If anyone is interested in trying this prototype i can create a pypi package

Other:
* WIP: Creating a taxonomy for programming variable names, and for users
https://codeberg.org/fswb/mindfulness-at-the-computer/issues/540
* Fixed bug in the idleness system

#matc #mindfulness-at-the-computer #fswb #mindfulness

mindfulness-at-the-computer

[status: beta] [platforms: Lin/Win/Mac] Helps you stay mindful of your breathing while using your computer. Installation: `pip3 install mindfulness-at-the-computer` Website: https://mindfulness-at-the-computer.gitlab.io

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