A year ago…
...I was settling into Cambridge. Wow. my road, via flickr
The revival of the archaic meaning of “addiction” in social media
I've been interested in the use of the term "addiction" in technology and social media-- when the high-tech industry started talking about technology being addictive (or put more
Katie Roiphe gives up
Slate contributor Katie Roiphe has a piece about Freedom, the turn-off-the-Internet app. How many people made New Year’s resolutions to spend less time on the Internet? Yet another
Back to serious writing
The groove is back. Amazing what a giant latte, a favorite cafe, and Philip Glass' Kundun soundtrack turned up to 11 can do for your concentration. via flickr
Cherry-picking forecasts that support my own ideas
The title reflects a long-held practice, of course. This time I'm drawing on "12 Big Social Shifts for 2012," written by Mal Fletcher: De-Gadgetisation & the Neo-Frugals Related
Food for thought: The problem of comments
Rebecca Rosen makes the good observation that after a decade's experience, "Internet comments continue to be terrible": So many things about the Internet have become pretty awesome over
Quote of the day: David Weinberger
I disagree with some elements of this interview, but this line of David Weinberger's makes a good point: In the sciences and humanities, it’s hard to find somebody
Pico Iyer on the “Joy of Quiet”
In the New York Times, Pico Iyer talks about some things I've been writing about here. In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices