Working on the next chapter
This week: embodied cognition, extended selves, and why social media is like a limb you can't control. working at cafe zoë, via flickr I'm finding that the combination
Nice mention in School Library Journal
The Marseille talk is the subject of an article in School Library Journal. Thanks, guys!
Tony Perrettet on writing and distraction
My fellow futurist and author Anthony Townsend pointed me to this New York Times piece by Tony Perrettet on writing and distraction: Literary distraction seems a very modern problem.
Alok Khorana on electronic medical records’ impact on physicians’ notes
Last year Alok Khorana published a really excellent short piece on the impact of electronic medical records (EMRs, those things that are supposed to save medicine) on the
Another Zenware data-point: iA’s Writer
Last night I stumbled on Writer, a writing tool designed by Information Architects Inc., a Tokyo-based Web design and branding firm. Rather like OmmWriter, it's a high-end minimalist
This XKCD comic comes dangerously close to summarizing everything I’m thinking about
Not completely. But close. from the brilliant xkcd
Back to work
I'm back from France, recovered from jet lag, and caught up on e-mail, laundry, etc. Time to get back to serious work.via flickr
Unintended consequences essay now available
The super-official, published, nice-looking version of my article "Feasting at the Banquet of Unintended Consequences" is now available online through MyForesight, the Malaysian futures Web site. It's part
A critique of minimalist word processors
While looking for a replacement for Ecto (which I've used for years, but which has now become unacceptably unstable), I stumbled upon this attack on WriteRoom and the