Self-experiments with tweeting and whitelists
All too true: The graphic comes from a post by Nicholas Baudrot about giving up Twitter for Lent, and deciding not to go back: After two days without
For a place in the middle of nowhere it has a surprisingly professional Web site
The ironies of modern life, I suppose, a surprisingly affordable Scottish guesthouse. Described as "Scotland's Wildest Guesthouse", Skiary is situated on the unspoilt shores of Loch Hourn, wonderfully
“we can educate ourselves, even in the digital era, to be more attentive”
This week's Chronicle of Higher Education has a long piece (behind a firewall) on the work of University of Washington professor David Levy. Levy wrote a very smart book in
Against working on planes
Just a reminder that your mileage my vary, but: Business Week makes the case for why business travelers shouldn't work on planes: click for full-sized image I'm sure
Pixels versus print? Follow this handy chart!
For my book I interviewed a number of people about how they chose books versus digital media. I found that for smart readers-- people who read a lot,
Don’t like your your phone “buzzing like a beehive with status updates”? Try it on your face!
This observation from The Verge's Ellis Hamburger: Let's face it: we're all pretty horrible at turning off push notifications on our smartphones. You install an app, give it
What are you busy about?
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?” (Henry David Thoreau to H.G.O. Blake, 16 November 1857) (This is usually
Quote of the day
From Michael Stausser's "Sleeping With Siri:" The difference between getting something via snail mail and opening an e-mail is like the difference between a visit from Kate Beckinsale
“If I keep this Internet crap up… I’ll lose roughly a novel and a half to my Internet distractions. That ain’t cute.”
Alex Mar talks about how the Internet is invading the writers' retreat, with predictable and lamentable results. Residencies have long been the writer’s last defense against the distractions
Sergey was right, they ARE emasculating! Smartphone-using men now pee sitting down
Cellphone use has made people forget how to walk in straight lines, walk more slowly, and of course become threats to public safety while driving. Last week, several