Why people get into meditation: The Buddhify survey
Buddhify recently conducted a survey of its users to find out why they started meditating. Here are the results: Notice anything interesting? Nearly 60% said that they were
“most companies have no clear understanding of how their leaders and employees are spending their collective time”
Harvard Business Review has a long piece by several Bain & Co. consultants on how much time organizations waste through email, meetings, etc. TL;DR version: it’s a lot,
Want to be more productive at work? Get off email in the evenings, new study says
The Wall Street Journal reports on a new study of productivity, accessibility, and worker effectiveness: Reading and sending work email on a smartphone late into the evening doesn’t
JWT Intelligence thinks contemplative computing is a Thing
The boffins at J. Walter Thompson Intelligence included contemplative computing in their list of "100 Things to Watch in 2014." It appears at #25, but I'm not getting
J. Walter Thompson’s top trends for 2014
J. Walter Thompson has just released its list of top ten trends for 2014. Two of them, "Raging Against the Machine" and "Mindful Living," connect with contemplative computing.
Are you an Internet addict? Take this quiz!
The Guardian has a quiz to test if you're an Internet addict. For the record, I'm not (really, I'm a recovering one). It has been reported that the
29 million missed stops thanks to distraction
A new Mobile Life report by O2 and Samsung adds another data-point to digital distraction: An estimated 20 million passengers miss bus or train stops each year because
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
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
“140 characters may not seem like a lot, but we will never run out of things to say”
XKCD does the math to answer the question, "How many unique English tweets are possible? How long would it take for the population of the world to read