The Jesse Pinkman Rule for talking about technology
This article from Quartz about smartphone-sensing technology in London is pretty interesting, but one line in particular caught me. Kaveh Memari, CEO of Renew, is talking about how the
“Communication is the key to an email sabbatical”
That may sound contradictory at first glance, but it's sound advice from Microsoft Research scientist danah boyd about taking an August email sabbatical: Communication is the key to
The coolest job I’ll read about all week: Bangladesh’s “info ladies”
From The Guardian: As she approaches the village, Sathi rings her bicycle bell and the children come running to meet her, shouting "Hello, hello". Women emerge from their
Entering the machine zone
Alexis Madrigal has a long, thoughtful piece in The Atlantic about something I've remarked on a couple times: the flow-like, yet addictive, experience that we often have when
Bookstore appearance: Kepler’s Books, August 27 at 7:30 p.m.
I'm happy to announce that the first reading from THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION will take place at Kepler's Books on Tuesday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. I'm fortunate to
First promotional poster!
The always-awesome Little, Brown art department whipped up a few promotional posters for The Distraction Addiction. Here's the first: We'll be rolling out more in the coming weeks.
Advance online preview of THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION
Of course there's going to be an electronic version of The Distraction Addiction, and it'll make its way into the great maw of Google Books at some point;
Memoto film on lifelogging
The Swedish startup Memoto-- you might have heard about their super-successful Kickstarter campaign last year-- recently released a video about lifelogging, which is available on Vimeo: Lifeloggers from
“that which is vital we ignore”
I ran across this lament from Thomas a Kempis in a piece by Virginia writer Liza Field: “Our thoughts are given to things which avail little, but that
“the object on Facebook that I am most ambivalent about is me”
Slate contributor Steve Kolowich writes about going through-- and often deleting-- old Facebook posts, likes, and messages: A wall post, comment, or "like" stops being useful once everyone