“The rage against the machine is really a rage against badly imagined machines”
Brands Engaged has a short piece about J. Walter Thompson's top trends for 2014: This year looks set to see a lot of push and pull between consumers
“if there is no blood, it can likely wait:” lessons from six weeks without a phone
Author and education researcher Julianne Wurm writes about what she learned from giving up her phone during a 6-week trip in Asia. She had her laptop and iPad (both? really?),
“In order to monetize your work, you need to monetize your audience, and figure out who you can sell them to”
This is an Onion parody, but who hasn't thought about how much money they could make selling out their user base?
Design, distraction, and doctor-patient relationships
Electronic health records (EHRs) have been around for a few years. You've probably seen them, or at least seen a doctor access them: at my doctor's office every
“We can think THROUGH exercise:” Damon Young’s new “How to Think About Exercise”
Damon Young has a new book in the School of Life series, How to Think About Exercise. He says a bit about it on the Australian bookstore blog
“what would happen if we… tried to be more human in this age of digital technology?”
Toby Daniels, the CEO of Crowdcentric, makes the case for building purpose into every action: Our interactions are becoming more robotic and stiff. Our social connections have evolved into
“This is the next challenge in designing UIs: making them recognize and adjust to the contours of my attention”
Vivek Haldar wants a user interface that reflects "the contours of... attention," a phrase that I quite like: What was I doing? What do I need to do
The bookstore is “the body to my Internet mind”
In a recent Random House blog essay, writer and bookseller Fiona Ducan argues that "we read more, and in more ways, than ever, and this is thanks to
Taking contemplative computing to Buddhist monastics
Last week I was in New York for the launch of J. Walter Thompson's new report on consumer trends, and while I was on the East Coast I
I’ve 3D printed a pair of sunglasses that instagrams a selfie when you need to buy teabags
Actually I've just been playing with What the F*** is my Wearables Strategy. We'll be millionaries in 12 months.