Parent Previews—Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Everything, Everything

Parent Previews—Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Everything, Everything

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 558 , Segment 5

Episode: White House Investigation, Brain on Soda, Secret to a Long Life

  • May 22, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 10:33 mins

Guest: Rod Gustafson, reviewer for http://parentpreviews.com/ A new installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series arrived in theaters over the weekend. It’s a road trip gone-wrong story line, starting with a surprise announcement by the mom.  Also, is there anything, anything to recommend Everything, Everything?

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FlowLight Improves Productivity

19 MINS

Guest: Thomas Fritz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of British Columbia Cubicle workers everywhere can relate to the frustration of having someone pop in and interrupt when you’re deep into the flow of a project. To avoid that, many people might try block-out techniques like wearing headphones most of the day to send the message, “don’t interrupt, I’m focusing.”   But University of British Columbia computer science professor Thomas Fritz has a different solution. It’s a traffic light, basically. When it’s green, coworkers know you’re okay to interrupt. When it’s red—or the more serious pulsing red—they know to stay away. And you don’t set the light yourself—it actually tracks your computer activity and sets itself based on that.

Guest: Thomas Fritz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of British Columbia Cubicle workers everywhere can relate to the frustration of having someone pop in and interrupt when you’re deep into the flow of a project. To avoid that, many people might try block-out techniques like wearing headphones most of the day to send the message, “don’t interrupt, I’m focusing.”   But University of British Columbia computer science professor Thomas Fritz has a different solution. It’s a traffic light, basically. When it’s green, coworkers know you’re okay to interrupt. When it’s red—or the more serious pulsing red—they know to stay away. And you don’t set the light yourself—it actually tracks your computer activity and sets itself based on that.