Comments on: Do you shutdown or sleep? http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/ Education, Interactivity, Play and Emerging Cultural Forms from Andy Polaine. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:56:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Andy Polaine http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/#comment-6146 Andy Polaine Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:27:29 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=846#comment-6146 <p>So does she shut the computer down, leave it asleep or leave it on?</p> So does she shut the computer down, leave it asleep or leave it on?

]]> By: tim http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/#comment-6143 tim Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:56:50 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=846#comment-6143 <p>i see our 19 year old Au-pair girl being seriously stressed out when trying to log off from her 3 hours of Skype or IM chat, handling 5 chats at the same time. there never seems to be a good moment to shut down and say good bye for the night (especially since her chat partners are mostly in Europe and therefore forever perky during their day...</p> i see our 19 year old Au-pair girl being seriously stressed out when trying to log off from her 3 hours of Skype or IM chat, handling 5 chats at the same time. there never seems to be a good moment to shut down and say good bye for the night (especially since her chat partners are mostly in Europe and therefore forever perky during their day…

]]> By: Andy Polaine http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/#comment-6138 Andy Polaine Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:01:37 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=846#comment-6138 <p>So is that because you were exhausted from the playing and needed a break or was it more to do with that feeling of safety? What were the emotions at that point?</p> So is that because you were exhausted from the playing and needed a break or was it more to do with that feeling of safety? What were the emotions at that point?

]]> By: Pete http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/#comment-6136 Pete Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:47:10 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=846#comment-6136 <p>I was playing Portal on PS3 this weekend. (Brilliant game if you haven't played it - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1299927595688205543)</p> <p>I noticed I'd only want to save or turn off the console, if I was at a section in the level where I was safe. Away from harm. And relatively aware of my surroundings.</p> I was playing Portal on PS3 this weekend. (Brilliant game if you haven’t played it - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1299927595688205543)

I noticed I’d only want to save or turn off the console, if I was at a section in the level where I was safe. Away from harm. And relatively aware of my surroundings.

]]> By: Mara http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/#comment-6127 Mara Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:51:17 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=846#comment-6127 <p>Not sure if its new age mumbo jumbo, but I've heard that if we don't turn off and unplug electronics in our bedrooms our body doesn't actually rest as soundly as it should...</p> Not sure if its new age mumbo jumbo, but I’ve heard that if we don’t turn off and unplug electronics in our bedrooms our body doesn’t actually rest as soundly as it should…

]]> By: Dylan http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/#comment-6113 Dylan Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:17:24 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=846#comment-6113 <p>I know weird eh. I was late for work the 1st day I got my iPhone. I don't really play many games the only console we have is ds so gaming is quite casual unless we get stuck into something like mario. I do a fair amount of music at home and that is definitely on or off . That might be to do with amount of gear involved though. I think if a computer could boot as quick it would wake up I'd shut down my home machine. DS boots fast even with a supercard.</p> I know weird eh. I was late for work the 1st day I got my iPhone.
I don’t really play many games the only console we have is ds so gaming is quite casual unless we get stuck into something like mario. I do a fair amount of music at home and that is definitely on or off . That might be to do with amount of gear involved though. I think if a computer could boot as quick it would wake up I’d shut down my home machine. DS boots fast even with a supercard.

]]> By: Andy Polaine http://www.polaine.com/playpen/2008/09/05/do-you-shutdown-or-sleep/#comment-6112 Andy Polaine Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:47:56 +0000 http://www.polaine.com/playpen/?p=846#comment-6112 <p>The iPhone can't do alarms from off? Even my nano does that...</p> <p>Interesting to hear the on/off work scenario, which is what I imagined most do. I leave my laptop on sleep at night mostly, but I work from home. The flipside of that is the tendency (like this Saturday morning) to 'quickly check my mail' and end up working in my t-shirt and pants for half half the day.</p> <p>Can you think of any other interactive media where you have this on/off behaviour? What about games? Apart from finishing an adventure game, what encourages you to stop?</p> The iPhone can’t do alarms from off? Even my nano does that…

Interesting to hear the on/off work scenario, which is what I imagined most do. I leave my laptop on sleep at night mostly, but I work from home. The flipside of that is the tendency (like this Saturday morning) to ‘quickly check my mail’ and end up working in my t-shirt and pants for half half the day.

Can you think of any other interactive media where you have this on/off behaviour? What about games? Apart from finishing an adventure game, what encourages you to stop?

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