Hands Free Mama
Not really much to say about this blog, just want to note its existence: I want the noise of my life to be a mixture of laughter and
What’s in a name, part 2? On the idea of a digital “detox”
Mark Riva, one of my semi-regular Twitter correspondents (followers isn't quite the right word, nor is friend), raises a good question about the term digital detox: [View the
“It’s a religious ritual that even an atheist can love”
This evening I stumbled on this 2011 Tablet essay by Jennifer Bleyer about Sabbaths, digital and otherwise: But our greatest enjoyment was simply being suspended in a day
Why do we “check” our email? What happens if we call it something else?
Jonathan Rowson at the RSA, who goes on my very long list of people I'd like to one day meet in person when I'm in London, muses over
Shockingly, best practices in mobile app push strategies don’t think much about the user’s attention
Last night I talked about why I was cautiously optimistic that wearable computing wouldn't devolve into the Kurt Vonnegut short story "Harrison Bergeron." After reading this HBR piece
“Seeing the megarich take the stage to trumpet” the Buddha’s “practices is a bit jarring:” contemplative practice in Silicon Valley
Wired has a long piece about mindfulness in Silicon Valley, and its rather… complicated relationship between contemplative practice as religious practice, contemplative practice as form of self-optimization, and
Self-driving cars, self-discipline, and the perils of automation
I know I just wrote about the AAA study on cognitive load and distracted driving, but Liz Gannes on All Things D (which has a brilliant editor) has
Kirkus Reviews talks about “The Distraction Addiction” in its latest issue
For decades Kirkus Reviews has been one of the more important venues for book reviews, and one of the more feared. As the New York Times reported in
Father’s Day
This year, after dealing with my daughter's graduation, two different traffic accidents (our car was hit by another last Monday, and a couple weeks before that my wife
Distraction, voice recognition, and driving
Think that Siri or a handsfree set makes it safe for you to send texts and do email in the car? (While the car is moving, not a