A study found that young people aged 17 to 30 with ADHD reported listening to background music significantly more often than neurotypicals when playing sports and studying preferring stimulating music over relaxing music
writing a new overreacted post. three sections done, suspect there may be about eight in total. shaping up to be a longread. pretty excited about this one
Yep, and indeed that's exactly what Kaplan expands on in the next paragraph! I didn't appreciate when I first encountered it how much these insights would be lacking out there in the world
There are two problem-solving approaches:
1) identify a problem that you want to solve, then find a method that will solve it
or
2) pick a method you want to use, and go hunting for problems.
The second way is the stupid way, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's the default method in tech.
The more research I do into how people use technology, the more I realise that the biggest mistake is assuming or mandating that everyone should do everything the same way. Some things work for some people, very few things work for everyone www.careful.industries/blog/2025-3-...
Earlier this week I have evidence to the Sci Tech Select Cttee on the digital centre of govt inquiry. I wrote up my prep notes as 2 short listicles and a slightly longer blog post.
No. 1: Let's make digital inclusion fun again!
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-3-...
Karen Finneyfrock and I attended the same poetry workshop a number of times over the last nearly 5 years. I love her words.
"What Lot's Wife Would Have Said (If She Wasn't a Pillar of Salt)":