All in graphics

A friend of mine needed a new computer monitor. I went to a store, bought a 27″ LG, and took it to their house. I opened the box at their place and looked at the instructions; they were all in graphics! No words of direction whatsoever. I stared at them for 10 minutes and realized I had no idea how to set it up, much to my friend’s disappointment.

But then I contacted someone I knew who was amazing at absorbing this sort of thing. They came to my friend’s place to set up the computer monitor in about 15 minutes.

This is another reminder to me of how we absorb information differently. The New York Times Connections puzzle generally “groups words that share a common thread,” four groups of four words. But recently, instead of finding words, they had 16 graphics. People had a dreadful time on this one. This was five out of five in difficulty. Are they mice or rats? My wife and I did get the puzzle with no errors, but it was not obvious. Hank Green worked on this particular puzzle and produced a video here.

Increasingly, I’ve noticed that when I have to get ahold of people, I have to remember which way is the best for that particular individual. Some people only do e-mail. There’s a small minority who require a telephone call.  Others are like that character in the Weird Al Yankovic video: “Don’t they know how to text?”

Moi

I tend not to use my phone, particularly when I’m home. It becomes too tempting to doomscroll on Facebook. When on my laptop, I tend to stay on task, working on tasks such as blogging or reading/responding to emails.

If people text me while I am home, I probably won’t see it until I go out, which irritates some people greatly.  But when I’m on the road, even in town, I usually have my phone available, although I turn it off during church, theatrical performances, and the like. 

Email is probably the best way to reach me because I check it regularly. I do notice items on my Facebook Messenger because something pops up on my screen.

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