A shell of organization
May 9th, 2007
Con Way's organization piece really hit home for me. I had no idea that the simplicity of Xerpi could reveal some complex personality traits (and this is before we have started pushing the social networking aspect of having xerpis). So, Con Way has shown his disorganization to the world, whereas I have successfully maintained my facade of organization with my Xerpi. You see, I built an entirely new tab to carefully populate with a neatly organized subset of my favorites. Xerpi has become a metaphor for my treatment of organization and neatness.
For example, my wife and I generally keep our room very clean; however, open up _my_ closet door and you will find a pile of clothes (mostly dirty) strewn about with a few articles hung up or put away and a lot of empty hangers.
Another example, I hate to work on a desk that isn't "neat", so we have this plain country style desk that I love to keep clean (in fact, clearing it off is one of my best procrastination tools). I enjoy the simplicity of a wireless laptop on an empty desk with maybe a monitor to give me some more virtual estate. And that armoire behind me looks awfully neat all closed up. Dare to open it and you will be faced with my pile of tax folders and another pile of "to be filed" items along with the sundry tools, toys, pictures, envelopes, miniDV tapes, blank DVDs, and there is even some velcro strips and some canned air in there!
So, I say build your Xerpi and show it off to the world -- be bold and show your true colors like Con Way or adopt the true facade pattern and maintain your shell of organization. We'll work on the algorithm that can determine your personalysis based on your Xerpi page.
For example, my wife and I generally keep our room very clean; however, open up _my_ closet door and you will find a pile of clothes (mostly dirty) strewn about with a few articles hung up or put away and a lot of empty hangers.
Another example, I hate to work on a desk that isn't "neat", so we have this plain country style desk that I love to keep clean (in fact, clearing it off is one of my best procrastination tools). I enjoy the simplicity of a wireless laptop on an empty desk with maybe a monitor to give me some more virtual estate. And that armoire behind me looks awfully neat all closed up. Dare to open it and you will be faced with my pile of tax folders and another pile of "to be filed" items along with the sundry tools, toys, pictures, envelopes, miniDV tapes, blank DVDs, and there is even some velcro strips and some canned air in there!
So, I say build your Xerpi and show it off to the world -- be bold and show your true colors like Con Way or adopt the true facade pattern and maintain your shell of organization. We'll work on the algorithm that can determine your personalysis based on your Xerpi page.
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