Experimental test of Heidegger’s concept of ready-to-hand
Trust me, this is important. (And out just in time for me to pillage for my chapter on extended minds and bodies!) The ideas of continental philosopher Martin
“Every 2 minutes today we snap as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s”
Via Gizmodo, I came across these estimates on 1000 memories about the number of digital photos in existence: Digital cameras are now ubiquitous - it is estimated that 2.5
Vanity Fair on The Art of Fielding
I'm very deep in writing, trying to get another chapter finished this week, but this Vanity Fair article about the bestseller "The Art of Fielding" is very much
“the transaction cost to procrastination has become zero”
Lifehacker recently had a piece on technology "crippling" as a strategy for boosting productivity: Every advance in productivity afforded by technology has been quickly swallowed by a corresponding
Murakami on talent, focus, and endurance
I plan to write something soon about what I'm learning about writing these days, but until then, I'll just quote from this Haruki Murakami interview the role of
Words to write by
Alain de Botton: To edit oneself properly, one has to let enough time pass to forget what one was trying to say – so as to see if
Breathe I/O
I'm deep in revising the first couple chapters of the contemplative computing book and so have been pouring most of my energy into the manuscript, rather than here.
Today’s workspace
Upstairs at Peets Coffee and Tea, downtown Palo Alto. via flickr
Working on the next chapter
This week: embodied cognition, extended selves, and why social media is like a limb you can't control. working at cafe zoë, via flickr I'm finding that the combination
Colbert on the cloud
I'm deep in writing right now, so until I surface, here's Stephen Colbert's genius piece on the cloud and memory. The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full