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How “5 Signs You Should Take a Break From Social Media” shows there’s no such thing as a small media request

Almost exactly a month ago, a nice writer emailed me about an article she was writing on taking a break from social media, and asking if I could

By |2014-12-08T22:41:01-08:00December 8th, 2014|Advice, Contemplative computing, Media, Social media, Technology, The Distraction Addiction|Comments Off on How “5 Signs You Should Take a Break From Social Media” shows there’s no such thing as a small media request

“develop and use a new form of technology: technology that doesn’t exploit us, but that does support us”

Because I can't cover the whole world, I just found out about Offtime, a project out of Berlin to develop an app to manage calls, texts, etc. while

By |2014-01-12T23:14:14-08:00January 12th, 2014|Attention / Distraction, Contemplative computing, Email, Social media, Technology|Comments Off on “develop and use a new form of technology: technology that doesn’t exploit us, but that does support us”

Twitter “seems to have been built with uncanny precision to hijack my kind of mind”

Journalist and "wrongologist" Kathryn Schulz has a long piece in New York magazine about her relationship with Twitter: I’ve never before gone mad for any type of technology.

By |2013-11-15T15:29:07-08:00November 15th, 2013|Attention / Distraction, Contemplative computing, Social media, Technology, Writing|Comments Off on Twitter “seems to have been built with uncanny precision to hijack my kind of mind”

“As a teacher, I believe it’s my job to teach my students about digital literacy and citizenship”

Your dose of anti-alarmism, from Florida teacher David Cutler, writing in The Atlantic: Last year, I discussed former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s sexting scandal with seniors in

By |2013-11-05T23:46:00-08:00November 5th, 2013|Contemplative computing, Kids, Social media, Technology|Comments Off on “As a teacher, I believe it’s my job to teach my students about digital literacy and citizenship”

“Abstinence is not an option. You’re better off teaching your kids how to use [technology] effectively”

Mindful magazine has an interview with child and adolescent psychiatrist Tristan Gorrindo about teens and social media. It has a nice overview of how teenage social and neurological

By |2013-11-04T10:09:24-08:00November 4th, 2013|Contemplative computing, Kids, Social media, Technology|Comments Off on “Abstinence is not an option. You’re better off teaching your kids how to use [technology] effectively”
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