“In the war against the cult of speed, the front line is inside our heads”
I hate to admit it, but despite spending years working around its edges, I've never read Carl Honore's In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed. (Hey,
Iron Man 3 on machines and distractions
(Which is great, by the way.) Tony: ...these things, they're--Pepper: Machines. Tony: --part of me. Pepper: They're distractions. Tony [pauses]: Maybe.
Students “could not go for 15 minutes without engaging their devices”
So reports Larry Rosen, a professor who studies multitasking among students. He recently did a study in which students from middle school through college were told to “study something
White Men Wearing Google Glasses was bound to happen sooner or later
...and now it has. On Tumblr, natch.
“Text neck” is now a Thing
So says CNN: The average human head weighs 10 pounds in a neutral position -- when your ears are over your shoulders. For every inch you tilt your
“I found myself downloading a different browser just so I could check my Facebook.”
That's certainly one way to get around an Internet blocking plug-in!
Shorter HTC First™ AT&T Commercial: “Blow me, reality”
Seriously, what the Hell is going on with these Facebook Home commercials? I mean, have companies given up on the idea that the cellphone is anything other than
“I needed to… disconnect at certain times in order to remain connected”
Venture capitalists are starting to discover, or at least starting to write about, digital Sabbaths. Brad Feld, a managing director at Foundry Group, has a thoughtful piece a couple weeks
How you spend your online hour
Experian released a new study on Internet use on personal computers: Experian Marketing Services, a global provider of integrated consumer insight, targeting and cross channel marketing, reveals that
“I wanted to figure out what the internet was ‘doing to me,’ so I could fight back”
Verge writer Paul Miller (the Verge does some excellent work now, in case you haven't noticed) spent a year offline, and writes about the experience. It's sort of