People prefer pain instead of thinking hard

People prefer pain instead of thinking hard

Thinking takes real effort. It requires sustained attention. Scientists have known for some time that focusing your mind consumes considerable metabolic resources. But in our day-to-day lives, we discount the effort needed to pay attention and think because it doesn’t feel as physically strenuous as, say, lifting a 50-pound weight. Source: To Avoid Thinking Hard, We Will Endure…

How to manage your Chrome bookmarks with the Bookmark Manager #YouTube

How to manage your Chrome bookmarks with the Bookmark Manager #YouTube

Besides putting web page bookmarks in the bookmarks bar, you can also manage your bookmarks in folders with the Bookmarks Manager in Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and others. Other videos on bookmarks Bookmark all the things in G Suite Save time in Google Classroom with bookmarks Turbocharge Chrome with the Bookmarks Bar What are bookmarks?…

Turning off the camera

Turning off the camera

New research conducted by Allison Gabriel, McClelland Professor of Management and Organizations and University Distinguished Scholar in the University of Arizona Eller College of Management, suggests that the camera may be partially to blame. Gabriel’s research, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, looks at the role of cameras in employee fatigue and explores whether these feelings are…

The lost skill of organizing files and folders on your computer

The lost skill of organizing files and folders on your computer

She’d laid out the assignment clearly, but student after student was calling her over for help. They were all getting the same error message: The program couldn’t find their files. Garland thought it would be an easy fix. She asked each student where they’d saved their project. Could they be on the desktop? Perhaps in…