User:Bohye Woo/Special Issue 7: Entreprecariat + Life Hacks

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Research

Life Hacks
Managing time to be efficient.
Concept of manage: be in charge of something.
How to live your life efficiently.
No challenge No Success

Self-optimization
How much you control of your life.
A 3-module publication: Time management, space inhabitation, and mind tweaking.

Objects

Question

  • What tone of voice (manual/self-help book/novel/survival kit)
  • What kind of collection and documentation?

Whole Earth Catalog https://monoskop.org/images/0/09/Brand_Stewart_Whole_Earth_Catalog_Fall_1968.pdf http://doorofperception.com/wp-content/uploads/whole_earth_catalog-spring-1969.pdf

Computer Lib/Dream Machines by Ted Nelson http://linkedbyair.net/bin/Ted%20Nelson%20Computer%20Lib%20Dream%20Machines%20-%201st%20edition%201974.pdf

Precarity (san precario) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275447294_San_Precario_A_New_Inspiration_for_Labor_Historians

Life Hacks

Object-based

Based on my experience, I recognised myself:
using a same water bottle to fill the water/juice
using a fruit container as a case of my laptop charger
using a cup as a pot for my plants
using a paper to cool down my wine

Therefore,
water bottle is being used as a juice/water container
fruit container is being used as a laptop charger
cup is being used as a pot
paper is being used as a cooler
= every single objects can be used for a life hack.

scrapped from a random object list:

diary
a daily written record of experiences and observations

bottle
a vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids

water
compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear liquid

packet
a small package or bundle

chewing gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

tissue
a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

glasses
optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

watch
a small portable timepiece

sweet
a food rich in sugar

photo
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

camera
equipment for taking photographs

stamp
small adhesive token to indicate postal fees have been paid

postcard
a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

dictionary
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of word

coin
a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

brush
an implement that has hairs or bristles set into a handle

credit card
a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered

identity card
a card certifying the identity of the bearer

key
metal device that allows a lock's mechanism to be rotated

mobile phone
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

phone card
a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls

wallet
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

button
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats

umbrella
a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy

pen
a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

pencil
a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement

lighter
a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

cigarette
finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

match
a formal contest in which people or teams compete

lipstick
makeup that is used to color the lips

purse
a container used for carrying money and small personal items


clip
a small fastener used to hold loose articles together

scissors
an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

rubber
an eraser made of rubbe

file
office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order

banknote
a piece of paper money

passport
a document allowing a citizen to travel abroad

driving licence
a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle

system-based

Chain / circular system idea:
All things can be used in a different way. One object can be related to another object which could be a trigger to the other object. .

Inspiration

Random Things Generator https://www.randomlists.com/things?qty=100&dup=false&show_images=true

List of Everyday Objects https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/189583

life hacks video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh4b3jRlKP8

MindHacks

using its absurdity and ambiguity of the objects

Readings

Required reading:

Suggested reading:

  • Hardt, Michael, and Antonio Negri. Assembly. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017. Chapter 9: Entrepreneurship of the Multitude
  • Ventura, Raffaele Alberto. The Leisure Class Disease

More Readings

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