National Day of Unplugging
Get ready: it's coming up March 1-2. Posted with Blogsy
Little practices, big results: Nudges toward greater mindfulness
I've been noticing recently a number of people designing experiments or challenges that help them back away from constant, intrusive use of information technology, and help them find
Restoration, thinking paths and obliquity
Tony Schwartz has a piece in the New York Times about rest and productivity. His big point is a classic example of obliquity: that while we assume that
Not having WiFi was never so delicious: Kit Kat’s No WiFi Zones
No wonder a Dutch publisher was the first to buy the rights to my book: Nestlé, as part of a Kit Kat advertising campaign, has a set up
Digital Detox and the commodification of unplugging
In the Bay Area, what starts out as counterculture eventually becomes a commodity. It's inevitable, and not a bad thing: indeed, the counterculture has always had an entrepreneurial
From information fast to information fasts
Another variation of digital sabbaths, from the IdeaFestival blog: Technology Review's Jason Pontin suggested that while a wide range of interests is essential to connection-making, it can be
Shiny happy people going offline
Jenna Wortham follows up her piece on unplugging with a post on a response she found interesting: Nathan Jurgenson's argument "against fetishizing the offline and becoming obsessed —
Twisting by the pool
Add New York Times reporter Jenna Wortham to the list of people who've discovered (and written about, which seems to be the inevitable step following) the pleasures of
Reconnecting.calm
I came across Tom Mahon's name when I was working on the digital Sabbath chapter of my book. In the 1990s, Tom was one of the first advocates
Frogs do NOT mindlessly boil to death if first put in cold water: A note on tech addiction
Alexis Madrigal sighs, "Another day, another New York Times story about technology addiction." He's pointing to a Matt Richtel article about concerns about technology addiction-- right in the