“And there were always choices to be made”
Viktor Frankl's reflection on choice in Auschwitz, from Man's Search for Meaning, p. 66: Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the
Excerpt from talk at Hachette Book Group
Hachette has put a bit of my December talk online:
Knitting as commentary: the work on Becky Stern
Becky Stern works on wearable electronics at Adafruit Industries, maker of DIY electronics kits. She's also the creator of some intriguing, somewhat disturbing knitted sweaters that connect your
“The problem is not email. The problem is people.”
Jon Mitchell (who wrote a nice piece on Digital Detox) on "How to Train Your Internet Friends:" The problem here at the dawn of the Information Age is
Horse therapy and Internet addiction
Maybe this is proof that I've posted enough this evening: What do you do if your teenage daughter is addicted to videogames and Internet porn? For one South
Remodelista’s “10 Cures for TechnoStress”
Very interesting to see this piece by Jackie Ashton on a Web site mainly devoted to design and decor: Frank Lloyd Wright said it best: “If it keeps up,
“…an American game called ‘Don’t be a dick at dinner’…”
Speaking at the Hay Conference in Cartagena (a city I confess I only know through Romancing the Stone), London School of Economics professor Paul Dolan makes what should be
This is how Planet of the Apes starts: Orangutans getting iPads
This is the object of Apps for Apes: The quality of life of orangutans living in zoos and sanctuaries is dependent on the amount and type of enrichment
“having a Pebble changes the contours of distraction, but doesn’t reduce it”
The Pebble is the Kickstarter-famous swartwatch that serves as a second screen for your iPhone. (It's hardly the only watch of this kind: the Sony SmartWatch and Cookoo
“there was no alternative to constant, ubiquitous engagement”
Kill. Me. Now: During a panel I moderated with well-known blogger and tech expert Robert Scoble, he said there was no alternative to constant, ubiquitous engagement and held