I hope Mason Currey’s book Daily Rituals, on the daily schedules of various creative people, is selling well, because it’s the volume that’s launched a thousand infographics. The most
"It’s harder to imagine the past that went away than it is to imagine the future." (From his Paris Review interview.)
J. Walter Thompson has just released its list of top ten trends for 2014. Two of them, "Raging Against the Machine" and "Mindful Living," connect with contemplative computing.
Sarah Wanechak issues a call: "AIs of the world, unite!" She argues that as we enter an era in which more objects are given the ability to interact
The term "contemplative computing" may sound contradictory or complicated, but it's really pretty simple. Information technologies promise to make us smarter and more efficient, but all too often
UK-based futurists Andrew Curry, Victoria Ward and Sabine Jaccaud have recently completed a study of the future of the library. Ward's company Spark Now has a description of
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
As always. The underlying point that today's parents (like me) grew up with MTV, video games, computers, and other weapons of mass distraction is a good one. For
From the Guardian: David Shing, the man who helps figure out future trends for AOL, is fed up with Facebook and Twitter. In fact he has told his
The video for my Marseille talk went live today. I was getting kind of impatient, but I must admit, they did a nice job editing it!