Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task

I sit in meeting and draw 3-D boxes and traces around them - it's the only way I can keep part of my brain busy so I can focus on what people are saying.

Re: Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task

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Post by jf » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 11:12 PM UTC

saukrates wrote: post #4

Doodle or Die (doodle.no.de/) has worked for me... you don't even have to come up with your own ideas.

That link doesn't work for me?

Re: Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task

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Post by kenjackson » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 11:17 PM UTC

javery wrote: post #6

I sit in meeting and draw 3-D boxes and traces around them - it's the only way I can keep part of my brain busy so I can focus on what people are saying.

I do the exact same thing. And I do 3D versions of the alphabet too.

Re: Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task

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Post by fybren » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 11:29 PM UTC

TED talk by Sunni Brown on the same thing: http://blog.ted.com/2011/09/23/doodlers-unite-sunni-brown-on...

Re: Bored? Try Doodling To Keep The Brain On Task

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Post by stephth » Fri, Sep 30, 2011, 11:51 PM UTC

fybren wrote: post #9

TED talk by Sunni Brown on the same thing: http://blog.ted.com/2011/09/23/doodlers-unite-sunni-brown-on...

Does it come down to the same conclusions?