寫稿子的時候每5分鐘要刷一下微博，過10分鐘想看看郵箱，再過15分鐘可能QQ上有人找你說話。這樣的主動或被動干擾大概每個人都經(jīng)歷過吧。如果現(xiàn)在有一款軟件能夠在你工作時把所有這些干擾都屏蔽掉，只給你留一個工作窗口，你愿意試試嗎？

Zenware is a software designed to block visual distractions on a computer so that it is easier to concentrate on what you are doing.

Zenware是一款能夠屏蔽電腦上各類容易讓人分神的窗口和軟件、以便讓用戶更加專注于手頭工作的軟件，字面意思為“禪宗軟件”，業(yè)界一般稱為“極簡軟件”。

An example of zenware is an application for writers called WriteRoom, which overlays a screen with black and blocks out everything else, effectively eliminating all distractions and having a simple, core function of being a word processor.

比如一款專為寫作者設計的WriteRoom軟件就算是zenware的一種，這款軟件將整個電腦屏幕用黑色覆蓋，將其他與寫作無關的所有程序屏蔽，有效清除了各類干擾，只留下文字處理器這一個簡單的核心功能。

Zenware is one embodiment of a wider concept sometimes now described as conscious/contemplative computing or calming technology. The idea here is of technology which fosters, rather than disturbs, the peace, and helps us to stay calm and focused. Other inventions include smartphone/tablet apps to help you meditate into a state of concentration, browser apps that obscure everything apart from what the user is viewing, and even mobile phone apps which allow a group of people to collectively disable their mobile phones during a meal or conversation. Taking inspiration from expressions such as slow travel and slow food, this embryonic movement towards a kind of 'technological tranquillity' has also been dubbed the slow web. (Source: macmillandictionary.com)

Zenware是目前被稱為意識技術、冥想技術，或者平靜技術等更寬泛概念的一個代表。這其中的理念是，技術要創(chuàng)造寧靜而不是打破寧靜，技術要幫助我們保持平靜并集中注意力。其他類似的技術包括能夠幫助你冥想并進入完全集中狀態(tài)的智能手機或平板電腦應用程序，能夠屏蔽其他干擾只保留當前瀏覽頁面的瀏覽器應用程序，以及可以讓一群人在吃飯或者談話時同時讓手機處于屏蔽狀態(tài)的手機程序。受到慢游和慢食等理念的啟發(fā)，目前正處于萌芽階段的這種“技術寧靜”運動也被稱為慢網(wǎng)。

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你手機里有“膨脹軟件”嗎？

App時代的“程序藥方”

你有“電腦失寫癥”嗎？

給電腦跳“祈雨舞”？

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 Helen）

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