Graphic from my NAIS talk
While I finish writing up the notes from my NAIS talk-- I've got deadlines at work, kids' sports practices, and several recent interviews with people who organize digital
Contemplative computing in Le nouvel Observateur
For those of you who speak French, there's a recent article in Le nouvel Observateur about mindfulness in Silicon Valley. I'm quoted at the end: "Je suis sceptique à
What do we want when we want silence? Thoughts on “Silence Is Now a Luxury Product”
"'Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption,' groused the nineteenth-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. 'It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of
How technologies are designed to commodify distraction
[This is the second of several posts drawing on my the talk I gave at the NAIS annual conference. The first is here.] How are technologies designed to distract
The need for a social approach to distraction
[This is a post drawing on my the talk I gave at the NAIS annual conference.] We use the term "distraction" in two broad ways. Both involve situations
A reminder to attendees at National People’s Congress
Rules issued in advance of the upcoming National People's Congress, via Quartz: Do not use your phones to send text messages or make phone calls during meeting; do not
NAIS
This week my wife and I were at the National Association of Independent Schools annual conference. I was giving a talk on contemplative computing and efforts by schools
“For every minute you don’t touch your phone, our sponsor can provide one day of clean water to a child in need”
The UNICEF Tap Project sponsors projects to provide clean drinking water to the hundreds of millions of people who don't have it. This year, they've created an online challenge:
New article on binge-watching, and questions for those who want to share
I've got a piece on binge-watching in the latest issue of Slate. In that piece, I mention that I've been doing interviews with people about their viewing habits.
“many individuals had died clutching identity cards and mobile phones”
We often talk about our cellphones feeling like extensions of ourselves, and usually we mean that rather casually. However, as I argue in my book, this is one