Survey on digital detox
The Huffington Post reports that a "recent report from consumer research company SDL" that interviews 4000 people from the US, UK and Australia about their travel habits reveals
“disconnection is the closest I’ve come to living in another dimension”
Seattle Times columnist Mónica Guzman wrote a piece last month about going device-free for a week while vacationing in Colorado: It’s a culture shock, disconnection, if you’re as
“Digital decompression is good for everyone occasionally”
Gizmodo contributor Leslie Horn writes about her recent tech-free vacation in "The Right Way to Disconnect from Technology on Your Next Vacation:" a vacation isn't a vacation unless
Welcome to Contemplative Computing
Contemplative computing is about learning to use information technologies in ways that help you be more focused and mindful, and protect you from being perpetually distracted. This 2011
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
Disconnected days in New York
Last week, I took a few days off and took my son to New York City. (I had a workshop in DC, and needed to meet my publisher
Another unplugged holidays campaign
Last month I mentioned the Saint Vincent and Grenadines digital detox tourism campaign. Recently I got an advance copy of an info graphic created for a Expedia's UK
A national tourism campaign featuring digital detox
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a Caribbean nation consisting of a small chain of islands, ran a tourism campaign in 2012 built around the idea of getting away
Curation versus reflection
Janet Kornblum (who I mentioned in a previous post) has a reflection on "Curating life (or not) from a hospital bed," prompted by a hospital stay and the
The airplane is “a good place to code”
"I’m surprised that that I like coding on flights," software engineer Sef Kloninger confesses. Despite the fact that plenty of people work on planes, the skies are generally