Inventing the Unproductivity App

It’s About Time: Introducing the Unproductivity App

The 2015 Inter-Format Symposium Nida, Lithunania

Romi Mikulinsky August 2015

Beginnings:

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Frank and Lilian Gilbreth’s Motion Studies (US, 1910-1920)

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Frank B. Gilbreth’s search for the ‘perfect movement’

Frank and Lilian Gilbreth’s Motion Studies (US, 1910-1920)

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a surgeon stitching

a factory worker

Notions of Productivity – The Gilbreths

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Notions of Productivity – The Gilbreths

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Etienne Jules Marey’s Motion Studies (France 1880s)

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Wearables for tracking motion - Etienne Jules Marey

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“Homme Squelette” (or skeleton man”)

Present Trends:

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GTD and productivity apps

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QS and Personal Analytics

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The present – Wearables

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VR, Kinect and motion capture

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But what if we want to resist the drive to productivity?

Today’s workshop

Inspirations:

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Marcel Duchamp: Work Avoidance in Art and the Invention of the Readymades

Duchamp

Apple Music – UI #Fail

How to disorganize your life using Post-its

Lets get to work

Lets get to work1. Choose a theme

2. Conceptualize an app3. This app should assist you in avoiding workBeing less productiveProcratination & wasting time

You can use:

Post its

Wool / cotton threads

scissors

Pens

Thank you

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