Malaysian version of contemplative computing talk
The Malaysian futures journal myForesight has published a version of my LIFT 11 talk on contemplative computing. I've carved a copy of it out of the 20 MB
Stephen Poole on “the rise of popular neurobollocks”
No, it's not a new study of people listening to The Sex Pistols while in fMRI machines (though that would make an awesome research project): rather, it's Stephen
“The future is in apps you don’t open”
Tech Crunch contributor Josh Costine argues that "the future is in apps you don't open:" “We’re going to move away from the era of ‘I have hundreds of
“not having a Facebook account could be the first sign that you are a mass murderer”
The Daily Mail recently had a piece about how not being on Facebook is starting to be seen as a sign that you're antisocial, or have something to
“A tool our parents could not have imagined has become a lifeline we can’t do without”
A new Time Magazine global survey of attitudes towards cellphones and connectedness reveals some not-too-surprising attitudes:A tool our parents could not have imagined has become a lifeline we
“email is the biggest killer of my productivity”
A couple months ago I deleted Facebook and Twitter from my iPhone. I was going through a "get rid of digital clutter" phase, and had already taken myself
The future of memory, explored in crystal
If you're in London at the end of the month, check out the Digital Crystal exhibit at the Design Museum.ice crystals, via flickrThe Guardian explains the premise:It is,
Shiny happy people going offline
Jenna Wortham follows up her piece on unplugging with a post on a response she found interesting: Nathan Jurgenson's argument "against fetishizing the offline and becoming obsessed —
Twisting by the pool
Add New York Times reporter Jenna Wortham to the list of people who've discovered (and written about, which seems to be the inevitable step following) the pleasures of
The quiet day
This is an awesome idea, from the creator of the quiet place: the quiet day.the quiet day is...a day when we all stop yelling at each other. we