The Guardian recently had a profile of self-publishing success Amanda Hocking, who writes novels incredibly quickly, then self-publishes them on Amazon. While she's managed to become a phenom
I recently read an interesting, critical article looking at the One Laptop Per Child program and its assumptions about computers and learning. Coauthors Mark Warschauer and Morgan Ames
Monday I was interviewed for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio show Encounter, which deals with contemporary religion and society. I talked about contemplative computing and spirituality. The show
I've been interested in the use of the term "addiction" in technology and social media-- when the high-tech industry started talking about technology being addictive (or put more
Slate contributor Katie Roiphe has a piece about Freedom, the turn-off-the-Internet app. How many people made New Year’s resolutions to spend less time on the Internet? Yet another
The title reflects a long-held practice, of course. This time I'm drawing on "12 Big Social Shifts for 2012," written by Mal Fletcher: De-Gadgetisation & the Neo-Frugals Related
Rebecca Rosen makes the good observation that after a decade's experience, "Internet comments continue to be terrible": So many things about the Internet have become pretty awesome over
I disagree with some elements of this interview, but this line of David Weinberger's makes a good point: In the sciences and humanities, it’s hard to find somebody
A new Pew Internet survey reports that "any given day," 53% of all the young adults ages 18-29 go online for no particular reason except to have fun
A very good Vanity Fair piece on security theatre in our nation's airports. It features a walk through Dulles with security expert Bruce Schneier (who I once appeared