At Lift 2011
I'm at the Lift 2011 conference for the next couple days, and already am finding it a fascinating experience. The demos are really cool. I'll be blogging about
Starting my trip
I'm at SFO, on my way to the Lift 2011 conference in Marseille. Curiously, while it's the second largest city in France, it doesn't seem to be a
I love Air New Zealand
So I'm on my flight to London, thence to Paris and Marseille. Usually I take United direct from SFO, but this time I had to route through Los
Unintended consequences essay now available
The super-official, published, nice-looking version of my article "Feasting at the Banquet of Unintended Consequences" is now available online through MyForesight, the Malaysian futures Web site. It's part
On “the invisible rule of proportionate attention in online communication”
I'm off to the Lift conference next week to speak on contemplative computing and the virtues of slowness. While updating my profile and figuring out who else is
Contemplative computing book
After two weeks of negotiation, back and forth, nail-biting, and auction that went on a day longer than expected, I've signed with Little, Brown and Company to write
Another book giveaway
In the course of reorganizing my home office (I'm starting serious work on my next book, on contemplative computing), I've made another cull of my book collection. Like
The rise of self-publishing
I've spent the last few weeks working on a book proposal around contemplative computing. It's been a great, absorbing experience, so naturally an article on the growing respectability
Raymond Tallis on “neuromania”
One of my favorite books is Raymond Tallis' The Hand. (Tallis is an MD and prolific author, and as his Web site shows, really knows how to accessorize.)
Another data-point in “we’re too busy to think”
From Gregory Treverton's recent article in the Prospect on intelligence work, this example of how the rush to production crowds out contemplation-- and thus serious insight. [T]he crown