@ Don: I’m also working on getting it set up on iTunes – since that way more people may listen to it. Thanks for letting me know you liked it and that this wasn’t a complete folly.

@ Dylan: Clean the desk when you need to, and no other time!

Thanks for letting me know about that – I didn’t know my comment form required the email. I hate when I loose good comments from such things. I’ll see what I can do to fix it.

@ Tim: I don’t know what you were thinking, mate? Left me hanging, I see. ;p

There are times when my messy desk bothers me, and I clean it then. Other times, it doesn’t matter. But when it matters – it really matters, so I know how you feel.

Some cool stuff Charlie. If my own desk is a mess I can’t function at all. Seriously my mind just refuses to settle. Of course it’s my mind and I should really tell it what to do, but sometimes it’s just easier to go with the flow

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PS: a small tip on usability. I tried submitting a comment but didn’t include my email address. The submit failed and said email address is a required field. It would be helpful to mark this on the form, as if you submit it wrongly like I did, it also deletes your comment when you hit “Back”.

Anyway, spectacular first effort!

@ Naomi: The puppy is a great example, and I like your commentary about it. I was talking to my brother about relationships, and he was whining about how complex relationships can make life. So I asked him: “does the relationship you’re in add value to your life?” When he replied “yes,” I told him to stop whining about it and buck up and do what he needs to do. His reply: “I know, man…I hate having a philosopher as a little brother.”

Thanks for the boost and encouragement, Naomi. I don’t know how we can both rule – maybe different fiefdoms?

@Duff: Thanks for listening. The motivation for this podcast actually came from our discussion last Monday – I filed it for something to write about and then decided it make a pretty good podcast. So you had some part in the creation of this. It’s nice to know that you’ll be listening in the future – it’ll be like we’re having a spatio-temporally displaced dialogue with our podcasts. Cool…

I’m reading a great book right now that highlights the benefits of messiness called A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder–How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place.

I totally agree that the action should be appropriate to the need and the context. In A Perfect Mess, the authors give many examples of messiness that is beneficial, including Einstein, who had a notoriously messy desk and office, but claimed he was able to find everything just fine.

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I liked what you were saying at the end about sometimes simplicity gets in the way.

I remember reading one of those Elaine St. James books — the whole Living The Simple Life thing — and she was talking about making the choice to accept complications and not being simple for simplicity’s sake. She used a puppy as an example. Life with a puppy ain’t simple, but many would argue that what you lose in simplicity you gain in a rich and rewarding relationship.

Very cool. Very.

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