tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post2021753403824300122..comments2023-04-27T06:14:51.777-07:00Comments on clickthing: Noises Off: Sounds in the Newsroom?mpclemenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-71921873137937047172014-08-31T08:07:28.679-07:002014-08-31T08:07:28.679-07:00I think this is a classic example of Marshall McLu...I think this is a classic example of Marshall McLuhan's claim that we "march backwards into the future" by clinging to tech nostalgia. When typewriters were in newsrooms and making a huge noise, no one would have pointed out that noise as inspiring or productive -- as opposed to what? Typewriters reigned for almost a century as the only way to produce copy quickly. There was nothing romantic about it. They were the airbooks of 1950. I suppose in 2080 we will ask people to swipe their thumbs and stare at small rectangles to inspire creative thought in homage to our romantic feelings about the early days of mobile tech.Cheryl (Strikethru)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14116464992210330713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-33985660644402509812014-08-29T07:02:43.462-07:002014-08-29T07:02:43.462-07:00My girlfriend, a certifiable product of her genera...My girlfriend, a certifiable product of her generation, can not do college homework without also playing a video game while watching online videos. (She sets her laptop next to my dual-monitor desktop.) There is no question about younger folks being unable to function without background noise.<br /><br />However, she turns all the distractions off if when I'm typing. It's the sound of a creative process, and it seems to encourage her to focus. Somebody else must have figured this out, too.<br /><br />However... I've noticed that cats and dogs don't often react when an animal on the TV meows or barks. It's not real to them. I suspect that some humans might be smart enough to distinguish between "typewriter sound effects" and the real thing.<br /><br />On the other hand, what if a reporter, in that newsroom, were using a real typewriter? The fake, ambient noise would conceal the authentic sound of someone actually being productive. (:MTCoalhopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340714747359998522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-89761764387080085002014-08-28T20:47:40.507-07:002014-08-28T20:47:40.507-07:00I don't think I've heard that one. I shall...I don't think I've heard that one. I shall search around (:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-70035326114197891882014-08-28T16:41:55.572-07:002014-08-28T16:41:55.572-07:00@Ted: I can say with great confidence that there&#...@Ted: I can say with great confidence that there's nothing quite as haunting as driving across a plains state in the dark of night, listening to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Trains" rel="nofollow">"Different Trains"</a> suite. It is very much a non-sleep piece (and excellent.)mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-11900031280298510792014-08-28T16:03:58.790-07:002014-08-28T16:03:58.790-07:00I'm of the opinion that it might just work. It...I'm of the opinion that it might just work. It apparently increases in tempo as deadlines draw near, and one would assume that might trigger something in the brain to "work faster". I'd be curious to see how it works out.<br /><br />PS: as for Reich, about the only thing I can stand of his is "Music for 18 Musicians", which has been my "going to sleep" soundtrack every night for the past decade:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLckHHc25wwTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1058472817603514138.post-51230402562813928412014-08-28T15:51:38.361-07:002014-08-28T15:51:38.361-07:00Yeah, I'm skeptical too, though it's charm...Yeah, I'm skeptical too, though it's charming that this was even tried as an experiment.<br /><br />There's a nice little interview on NPR with the reporter who tweeted the photo of the speaker. He says he likes the sound, although you can never be sure whether an English gentleman is being sincere or simply civil.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.com