What is Contemplative Computing?
The term "contemplative computing" may sound contradictory or complicated, but it's really pretty simple. Information technologies promise to make us smarter and more efficient, but all too often
“The trick isn’t to unplug from our devices- it’s to unplug from the distractions, information overload, and trash that make us unhappy”
Alexandra Samuel has a very nice piece in The Atlantic that uses the digital Sabbath urge-- her treatment's not as systematic as other recent pieces about the movement,
Living offline for 90 days
Yahoo contributor Brad Sylvester interviews Jake Reilly, who just finished a digital sabbatical. Could you live without daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more --
Encounter
Monday I was interviewed for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio show Encounter, which deals with contemporary religion and society. I talked about contemplative computing and spirituality. The show
Katie Roiphe gives up
Slate contributor Katie Roiphe has a piece about Freedom, the turn-off-the-Internet app. How many people made New Year’s resolutions to spend less time on the Internet? Yet another
Pico Iyer on the “Joy of Quiet”
In the New York Times, Pico Iyer talks about some things I've been writing about here. In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices
What do we mean when we say “I’m not a Luddite?”
I've been interviewing people who take digital sabbaths, and I've run across something interesting: without prompting, whether we're talking live or via email, almost everyone says "I'm not
Orthodox spirituality’s design lessons for modern technology
Via Rosie Perera's Faith and Technology blog (which I highly recommend you read, if you're not already familiar with it), I read this morning an essay by the
“The digital Sabbath makes you realize just how wonderful the devices we live through are, how powerful, how transformative, how magical. But even magic needs a rest.”
Writer Stephen Marche has an interesting essay in Toronto Life about taking a digital Sabbath. For him, it's an escape from anything with a screen. "Once-basic distinctions—between work
Larry Rosen on technology breaks
Cal State Dominguez Hills psychology professor Larry Rosen has a forthcoming book, iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us. A little preview from