“why the f*** do you care how someone else enjoys a sunset?”
I've written lots about the question of whether photography is a distraction from real life, or a way of experiencing it more deeply. It's a debate that plays
Speaking at Kagyu Thubten Chöling monastery Jan 14
Next week I'm spending a day at the Kagyu Thubten Chöling monastery in New York, and on Tuesday evening I'll be giving a talk about contemplative computing. It'll start
Hibernation, e-fasts, analog Sundays, and other forms of digital Sabbaths
Recently I've stumbled across several digital Sabbath projects. The Foresters Tech Timeout, which I wrote about recently, is one; Mother London's No Internet Week is another. An older
No Internet Week
Mother London, one of those branding / marketing / design / media consultancies that's so hip it's impossible to tell what they actually do (but they have offices
And now, pretty much the opposite of contemplative computing: PreVue, “a solution to enhancing maternal-fetal bonding”
Via fellow futurist Scott Smith, this pretty amazing concept piece: the Wearable Pregnancy Ultrasound. The description: PreVue is a solution to enhancing maternal-fetal bonding as a reassurance window.
Wearable Tech That Lets You Disconnect
New York Times blogger KJ Dell'Antonia has a piece on the Motherlode parenting blog about Memi, a new smart bracelet that aims to selectively inform users-- in this
New book Web site
After several months, I finally got around to putting up a dedicated Web site for the book. I'm using a service called Strikingly, which so far as I
“we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs”
From the conclusion of Bertrand Russell's 1948 Reith Lecture: We know too much and feel too little. At least we feel too little of those creative emotions from
“when we depend on apps for advice about self-improvement, we are always dooming ourselves to remain in the present”
Tech writer Michael Thomsen has a piece in Complex Tech about a new iPhone app that "wants to make you a better lover." Inevitably named Spreadsheets, it uses
The “Misunderstood” Rorschach test
"In its latest ad, with an "if you can't beat em, join 'em" message, Apple isn’t carving aspirational ground, it’s caving to people's vices," Jennifer Rooney declares. She's