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歷過吧。如果現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的手機程序。受到慢游和慢食等理念的啟發，目前正處于萌芽階段的這種“技術寧靜”運動也被稱為慢網。

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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”？

（中國日報網英語點津 Helen）

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