New distracted driving messages
On Thursday, two new distracted driving messages came out. First, Little Brown released the second of its "propaganda posters" inspired by The Distraction Addiction, and reminding people of
The Jesse Pinkman Rule for talking about technology
This article from Quartz about smartphone-sensing technology in London is pretty interesting, but one line in particular caught me. Kaveh Memari, CEO of Renew, is talking about how the
“Communication is the key to an email sabbatical”
That may sound contradictory at first glance, but it's sound advice from Microsoft Research scientist danah boyd about taking an August email sabbatical: Communication is the key to
Hand gestures and intelligence
When I was in elementary school, the student newspaper had a little section of anonymous messages between students. The only time I got into it was when someone
My Kepler’s talk poster
This afternoon I was out walking the dog, and we went by Kepler's Bookstore. What was in the window? Of course, it's a pretty busy place-- there are
The coolest job I’ll read about all week: Bangladesh’s “info ladies”
From The Guardian: As she approaches the village, Sathi rings her bicycle bell and the children come running to meet her, shouting "Hello, hello". Women emerge from their
Entering the machine zone
Alexis Madrigal has a long, thoughtful piece in The Atlantic about something I've remarked on a couple times: the flow-like, yet addictive, experience that we often have when
Bookstore appearance: Kepler’s Books, August 27 at 7:30 p.m.
I'm happy to announce that the first reading from THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION will take place at Kepler's Books on Tuesday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. I'm fortunate to
First promotional poster!
The always-awesome Little, Brown art department whipped up a few promotional posters for The Distraction Addiction. Here's the first: We'll be rolling out more in the coming weeks.
29 million missed stops thanks to distraction
A new Mobile Life report by O2 and Samsung adds another data-point to digital distraction: An estimated 20 million passengers miss bus or train stops each year because