“it is our ability to make and use tools that makes us human”
Kent State professor and regular Cleveland Plain-Dealer contributor William Kist has one of the best reviews of The Distraction Addiction that I've read so far: Pang, a “professional
“I can imagine Keanu Reeves in the film version”
That's the verdict of New York Times writer Dwight Garner: Mr. Pang, the author of The Distraction Addiction, is a futurist who has been a visiting scholar at
Weekend reviews: SF Chronicle, Tech Crunch, and the Washington Post
The weekend before a book comes out is always a big time for reviews: newspapers like to get their reviews out before the book appears (it's not news
The Distraction Addiction propaganda posters
Yesterday Little Brown released the third and last of the propaganda posters. Here are the other two: Interesting aside: if the retweets of the posters are a reliable
Seven more days!
I know I sound like a broken record, but it's now just one week until my book The Distraction Addiction is available in stores and online. The feedback
New distracted driving messages
On Thursday, two new distracted driving messages came out. First, Little Brown released the second of its "propaganda posters" inspired by The Distraction Addiction, and reminding people of
My Kepler’s talk poster
This afternoon I was out walking the dog, and we went by Kepler's Bookstore. What was in the window? Of course, it's a pretty busy place-- there are
Bookstore appearance: Kepler’s Books, August 27 at 7:30 p.m.
I'm happy to announce that the first reading from THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION will take place at Kepler's Books on Tuesday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. I'm fortunate to
First promotional poster!
The always-awesome Little, Brown art department whipped up a few promotional posters for The Distraction Addiction. Here's the first: We'll be rolling out more in the coming weeks.
Advance online preview of THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION
Of course there's going to be an electronic version of The Distraction Addiction, and it'll make its way into the great maw of Google Books at some point;