Contemplative computing in the Guardian
Oliver Burkeman has a really great piece in the Guardian about contemplative computing, or what he refers to as conscious computing. Thanks to my genius of an agent,
Iron Man 3 on machines and distractions
(Which is great, by the way.) Tony: ...these things, they're--Pepper: Machines. Tony: --part of me. Pepper: They're distractions. Tony [pauses]: Maybe.
Students “could not go for 15 minutes without engaging their devices”
So reports Larry Rosen, a professor who studies multitasking among students. He recently did a study in which students from middle school through college were told to “study something
White Men Wearing Google Glasses was bound to happen sooner or later
...and now it has. On Tumblr, natch.
Shorter HTC First™ AT&T Commercial: “Blow me, reality”
Seriously, what the Hell is going on with these Facebook Home commercials? I mean, have companies given up on the idea that the cellphone is anything other than
Texting while walking, coming through!
Via Gizmodo, this nice piece of improv / tech commentary:
Time managers were “overwhelmed and… burnt out,” while attention manager “reported more flow states.”
This from an interview with Linda Stone: The people I spoke with who worked in office jobs typically said they managed their time. Many of them had taken
“I don’t think we want our bodies to be UIs:” wrong ways to think about wearables
John Pavlus argues in Technology Review that, contrary to the vision of Google Glass and designers who imagine being able to automatically trigger actions by just doing unobtrusive
“I realized how much richer and more satisfying any experience is when it’s not interrupted — even if the interrupter is me.”
Tony Schwartz (who I've mentioned before) unplugs: The first time I felt a distracting impulse, it was to Google something I'd read. The initial pull was compelling, but
Philippe Starck: “I live with myself in front of my white page.”
What I love about this Philippe Starck interview is that it flies completely in the face of the modern idea that good ideas come out of endless networking,