Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Experiencing Self and the Remembered Self
I recently watched a TED talk by Daniel Kahneman and I have realized another advantage of the concepts of Self Determination Theory. Each of these components, Autonomy, Mastery and the ability to relate to others exist both in the experiencing self (acts in the present and can remember the past) and the remembered self (reflects on the past). This is different then say honesty which as a specific meaning changes over time. Every other year an event happens that seems to explain the core of certain leadership principles like honesty and integrity. But each of these defined leadership attributes happen in the remembered self. We look into the past for examples of honesty and integrity. These leadership principles are defined in the past. Someone can feel they act with integrity but its not really defined until after the event happens. This is different than autonomy, mastery and the ability to to relate to others as we experience each of these three in the present (experiencing self) and also in the remembered self(reflection in the past).
A new way to look at digital stories
Digital stories owe their roots to the history of storytelling and while I think most people would agree with this I am going to challenge the traditional way we should think of digital stories.
Digital Stories can be viewed as affecting three components of the main or secondary characters. These three components are the main driving force of Self Determination Theory. The three are Autonomy, the ability to master something, and the ability to relate to others.
I would argue every single interesting story you have ever heard touches on at least one of these components from a character perspective. The best stories are the ones told where it is clear there has been a change in the main characters feelings on autonomy, mastery and the ability to relate to others. In fact the best way to think of a story is a series of moments pictured in certain settings with other people that affect the main character's state of being. Self Determination Theory is one (there are other theories) of many theories that tries to describe the well being of an individual. And so what great digital stories do is to provide a shared path of understanding where a narrator can follow along on the character's journey into better understanding the autonomy, master of something and ability to relate to others. Along the way the narrator thinks about their own feelings on autonomy, mastery, and the ability to relate to others.
I would go so far as to say that learning in its purest form is the essence of how our views change on these three topics. That principles such as integrity, honesty, and other attributes are emergent properties of the three larger components. The ultimate emergent property among autonomy, mastery, and relating to others is what we commonly refer to as purpose or our life goal. But as we have experienced our feelings on autonomy, mastery and our ability to relate to others change and with it changes our perception on our life's purpose. We often think of our life's purpose as a freedom to do something (autonomy), a special ability to do something(mastery), or an ability to serve/support/counsel people (relating to others).
Digital Stories can be viewed as affecting three components of the main or secondary characters. These three components are the main driving force of Self Determination Theory. The three are Autonomy, the ability to master something, and the ability to relate to others.
I would argue every single interesting story you have ever heard touches on at least one of these components from a character perspective. The best stories are the ones told where it is clear there has been a change in the main characters feelings on autonomy, mastery and the ability to relate to others. In fact the best way to think of a story is a series of moments pictured in certain settings with other people that affect the main character's state of being. Self Determination Theory is one (there are other theories) of many theories that tries to describe the well being of an individual. And so what great digital stories do is to provide a shared path of understanding where a narrator can follow along on the character's journey into better understanding the autonomy, master of something and ability to relate to others. Along the way the narrator thinks about their own feelings on autonomy, mastery, and the ability to relate to others.
I would go so far as to say that learning in its purest form is the essence of how our views change on these three topics. That principles such as integrity, honesty, and other attributes are emergent properties of the three larger components. The ultimate emergent property among autonomy, mastery, and relating to others is what we commonly refer to as purpose or our life goal. But as we have experienced our feelings on autonomy, mastery and our ability to relate to others change and with it changes our perception on our life's purpose. We often think of our life's purpose as a freedom to do something (autonomy), a special ability to do something(mastery), or an ability to serve/support/counsel people (relating to others).
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The next big thing is small
This is likely the future of accessing the internet as least from a casual browsing standpoint, now called the Sony Dash. I love Sony and I grew up buying Sony products for their quality. I hope that they improve on this product and make it cheaper.
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644695998
It is ultimately inevitable that the Sony Dash will shrink so that you can hang it. It will weigh less and look like a small TV, with a better picture quality but what will ultimately make this device a killer device is voice recognition combined with gesture ability. So when I walk into the kitchen I wave my hand over the device and say "Traffic", it automatically turns on and lists the current traffic conditions. This is really not far from being practical as the voice recognition can be done.
-Mike
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644695998
It is ultimately inevitable that the Sony Dash will shrink so that you can hang it. It will weigh less and look like a small TV, with a better picture quality but what will ultimately make this device a killer device is voice recognition combined with gesture ability. So when I walk into the kitchen I wave my hand over the device and say "Traffic", it automatically turns on and lists the current traffic conditions. This is really not far from being practical as the voice recognition can be done.
-Mike
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