Qworky - Creators of All In, The Meeting Agenda Web Application » software http://www.qworky.com Better Software / Better World Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:43:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Restarting My PC Stresses Me Out http://www.qworky.com/blog/2010/02/restarting-my-pc-stresses-me-out/ http://www.qworky.com/blog/2010/02/restarting-my-pc-stresses-me-out/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:04:53 +0000 Mikal Lewis http://www.qworky.com/?p=107 I know I’m in the not so minority group of people who struggle with organization. I simply don’t spend as much time, as I know I should- indexing and organizing information I consume and create. It’s just the organization requires so many decisions- and while I feel I’m relatively decisive, trying to figure out what to keep and what to throw away can be down right paralizing.

Today I wanted to restart my PC (running Win7 which I looove). No particular reason just to keep my PC healthy- well, I’m one of those people that has 30 browser windows or tabs open at one time- which makes my shutdown experience one big stressful window of decisions. What to keep, what to save, where to bookmark, a nomenclature that makes sense. In the past delicious has helped some- but overall I still struggle with these types of decisions. This time around- I took note of my emotions. I felt extremely pressured, and a bit stressed at the weight of this entire experienced- this got me to wondering am I alone?

And what do you think the cause is of this and other stressful software experiences? I’m beginning to think software causes me stress by an army of small decisions- many of which seem unnatural.

What do you think?

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When uninstalling the HP Games application – I had to check the box no fewer than 20 times to uninstall all the pre-installed games. Not only that its impossible to discern true software enhancements (drivers, etc.) from redundant functionally (HP MediaSmart Music anyone?). Sadly I chalk this poor experience up to prioritizing business goals, over user experience- when they need not be in conflict.

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