On tweeting during concerts, and the purpose of criticism
San Jose Mercury News music critic Richard Scheinin has a piece about tweeting during concerts:Earlier this month, I attended a concert by jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, who is
Meditation apps and the cost of experience
I've been looking recently at meditation apps, and have been struck by a few things. First of all, there are a LOT of them, many more than I
Book cover!
Here's the cover for the contemplative computing book:via flickrLittle, Brown spent a lot of time on it, and I think they've managed to communicate a lot in a
Book cover!
Here's the cover for the contemplative computing book:via flickrLittle, Brown spent a lot of time on it, and I think they've managed to communicate a lot in a
“Articles and ideas are only as good as the fees you can get for talking about them.”
The one problem with writing a book for users, taking a Buddhist-inflected approach to information technologies that emphasizes how people can take back control of their minds, is
Texting drivers “could travel the length of a football field without looking at the street”
A recent study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found thatpeople who were texting while driving were 23 times more likely to crash or nearly crash than non-distracted
“The average American first checks their phone around 7:09 a.m.”
Some scary statistics from a new survey by mobile device company Good.68 percent of people check their work emails before 8 a.m.The average American first checks their phone
Texting while fighting
C. J. Chivers, author of a great book about the AK-47, is in Syria, and got this picture:Machine gun in right hand. Cell phone in left. On duty
“we feel too little of those creative emotions from which a good life springs”
From the conclusion of Bertrand Russell's 1948 BBC Reith Lectures on "Authority and the Individual" (mp3, or transcript):We know too much and feel too little. At least we
Bertrand Russell on the “fatal… habit of thinking of the ‘next thing'”
I've been listening to the BBC Reith Lectures while walking the dog, and this bit from Bertrand Russell's 1948 series on "Authority and the Individual" (mp3, or transcript)