“not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer”
The Daily Mail recently had a piece about how not being on Facebook is starting to be seen as a sign that you're antisocial, or have something to
“A tool our parents could not have imagined has become a lifeline we can’t do without”
A new Time Magazine global survey of attitudes towards cellphones and connectedness reveals some not-too-surprising attitudes:A tool our parents could not have imagined has become a lifeline we
“email is the biggest killer of my productivity”
A couple months ago I deleted Facebook and Twitter from my iPhone. I was going through a "get rid of digital clutter" phase, and had already taken myself
Shiny happy people going offline
Jenna Wortham follows up her piece on unplugging with a post on a response she found interesting: Nathan Jurgenson's argument "against fetishizing the offline and becoming obsessed —
On tweeting during concerts, and the purpose of criticism
San Jose Mercury News music critic Richard Scheinin has a piece about tweeting during concerts:Earlier this month, I attended a concert by jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, who is
Meditation apps and the cost of experience
I've been looking recently at meditation apps, and have been struck by a few things. First of all, there are a LOT of them, many more than I
“The average American first checks their phone around 7:09 a.m.”
Some scary statistics from a new survey by mobile device company Good.68 percent of people check their work emails before 8 a.m.The average American first checks their phone
The Slow Media manifesto
I just came across this Slow Media manifesto, written in 2010:The first decade of the 21st century, the so-called ‘naughties’, has brought profound changes to the technological foundations
“You can check out anytime you want, but you can never leave”
Washington Post has an interesting profile of Katherine Losse, the author of a new inside look at Facebook.Not long after Katherine Losse left her Silicon Valley career and
“I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident”
Submitted without comment: "I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident," Texas college student Chance Bothe says he texted a friend just before