More on my whitelist iPhone experiment
A friend of mine asks for clarification about my recent ringtone experiment: So, explain the silent ringtone a bit more? How do you do it, and doesn't it
“Choose carefully, because you’re choosing your future brain”
Mark McGuiness admits that "Yes, the Internet is Changing Your Brain," but then does what I wish more writers would do: ask what that means, and what good
Interview about digital distraction on KALW
Last Monday I was one of three guests on KALW's City Lights radio show talking about distraction in the digital age. It was a great deal of fun. The
The airplane is “a good place to code”
"I’m surprised that that I like coding on flights," software engineer Sef Kloninger confesses. Despite the fact that plenty of people work on planes, the skies are generally
Postcast for the radio show
The podcast for tonight's broadcast of KALW's City Lights is already up. Boy, they worked fast! The show was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed myself.
Listen to “Texting and tranquility: Finding mental calm in a sea of distraction” tonight at 7pm
I'll be on City Lights radio tonight at 7 pm, talking about digital distraction with Neema Moraveji and Stephanie Brown. City Visions Radio presents: Texting and Tranquility: Finding
Brain fatigue and walks in Edinburgh
One of my favorite places in the world is Edinburgh. I first went there in graduate school, and spend several days at the Royal Observatory, and several nights
Background noise generator: Rainy Cafe Machine
For some people, the familiar but not-too-loud background noise of spaces like cafes can help them focus. But what do you do when you're not in a cafe?
Self-experiments with tweeting and whitelists
All too true: The graphic comes from a post by Nicholas Baudrot about giving up Twitter for Lent, and deciding not to go back: After two days without
“we can educate ourselves, even in the digital era, to be more attentive”
This week's Chronicle of Higher Education has a long piece (behind a firewall) on the work of University of Washington professor David Levy. Levy wrote a very smart book in