My sage advice to parents about technology and kids
From a piece about the book and its lessons for parenting and technology in the Huffington Post: “I think it’s every bit as legitimate as going outside and
“The Distraction Addiction offers me topics for dinner conversation I can look forward to without dread.”
One of the unpredictable things about writing and publishing books is that you rarely know who else is writing books that'll come out the same season as yours.
“we’re letting the Internet and its many diversions control us, rather than the other way around”
I'm late posting about this, but Jessica Grose has a good piece about The Distraction Addiction on the Fast Company Co.Create Web site. She starts by talking about
Tech Nation interview
A couple weeks ago I went up to KQED's San Francisco studio to do an interview with Tech Nation's Moira Gunn. With a little diligence you can now
Reading at Book Passage, San Francisco, this Wednesday at 6 pm
You hardly need to read on, but here's the official announcement. The Book Passage is located at the Ferry Building, and is a fabulous space. It'll be a
My Microsoft Research reading from The Distraction Addiction
Microsoft Research has put my September 10th reading at Redmond online. You can download the video, just the audio, or the slides, in several different formats. Given that
KUOW interview
My interview with Ross Reynods at KUOW in Seattle is now online. Check it out!
Boy I need to clean my desk: Video of my Buddhist Geeks interview
So yesterday I spent an hour with the great Vincent Horn, cofounder of the Buddhist Geeks empire. We talked about the book, contemplative computing, contemplative practice, and all
KPFA
I spent a much bigger part of the day than I'd expected doing an interview on KPFA. It's what they call an evergreen, and will be held until
“the fault is not in the zeros and ones, but in ourselves”
One of the last interviews in last week's grand round was with Jeff Schechtman at KVON. It was also one of the more perceptive and challenging. It's now