Cover of the Spanish edition of The Distraction Addiction
One of the odd but cool things about writing a book is seeing it translated into languages you don’t understand. Today my foreign rights editor sent me the
Meaning to Pause
This is an interesting concept, especially in an age when 95% of wearables assume that their job is to make you "better" (that is, more) connected, available, notified,
“Being constantly connected… [means] we lack space to be and to breathe.”
Rachel Mann, a British author, controversial heavy metal rock critic, and rector of St Nicholas's, Burnage, Manchester, has a piece in the Church Times about technology, distraction, and the
Graphic from my NAIS talk
While I finish writing up the notes from my NAIS talk-- I've got deadlines at work, kids' sports practices, and several recent interviews with people who organize digital
Contemplative computing in Le nouvel Observateur
For those of you who speak French, there's a recent article in Le nouvel Observateur about mindfulness in Silicon Valley. I'm quoted at the end: "Je suis sceptique à
“I’m with you in the compulsion to check in boxes”
Since the National Day of Unplugging starts tomorrow, I thought I'd repost this Peter Coyote-narrated short film, Yelp: With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg’s "Howl:" via youtube
What do we want when we want silence? Thoughts on “Silence Is Now a Luxury Product”
"'Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption,' groused the nineteenth-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. 'It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of
How technologies are designed to commodify distraction
[This is the second of several posts drawing on my the talk I gave at the NAIS annual conference. The first is here.] How are technologies designed to distract
The need for a social approach to distraction
[This is a post drawing on my the talk I gave at the NAIS annual conference.] We use the term "distraction" in two broad ways. Both involve situations
A reminder to attendees at National People’s Congress
Rules issued in advance of the upcoming National People's Congress, via Quartz: Do not use your phones to send text messages or make phone calls during meeting; do not