It’s hard work looking like you’re even busier
Marketing firm Havas has released a survey, “The Modern Nomad: Catch Me If You Can,” which looks at prosumers and their perception and management of time. A couple
Is the epidemic of sleep deprivation a myth?
At Quartz, Akshat Rathi challenges the claim that modern times has caused a sleep epidemic. According to a survey conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Koreans drink coffee more often than they eat kimchi or rice
One thing I recently got interested in is coffee consumption around the world. In most of the world, growing coffee consumption can serve as a way of measuring
Nomophobia: Take the test!
In The Distraction Addiction I talk about the concept of “nomophobia,” the fear of being without your cellphone (“No” “Mobile phone” “Phobia”) coined by British researchers in 2008.
Fewer managers work only 40 hours a week
Data-point number one million in the decline of the 40-hour week:About half of all managers work more than 40 hours a week, according to a new survey from
Survey: Young campers says smartphones almost as important as toilet paper
A new survey by Kampgrounds of America reveals that 83% of campers bring their cellphones, half of all campers go online daily (and another 20% go online at
Pew Research looks at technology’s impact on workers. You won’t believe what happens next.
Pew Research does some of the most interesting work in the U.S. on the impact of information technology on daily, family, and working life. A good example of
“For most office workers now, life on the job means life online”
Pew Research does some of the most interesting work in the U.S. on the impact of information technology on daily, family, and working life. A good example of
More commuting and working: What Americans do instead of sleep
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has an article in the December issue of Sleep looking at how people who sleep less spend their extra waking time. Roughly "30
“what the most productive 10% of our users have in common is their ability to take effective breaks”
A study recently conducted by the Draugiem Group, a Latvian IT company, provides another data-point about the important of rest in a good day’s work. Julia Gifford, a writer and