Internet use and transactive memory
Julian Barnes once declared that Memory is identity. I have believed this since… oh, since I can remember. You are what you have done; what you have done
Quote of the day: Hieronimo Squarciafico
From Hieronimo Squarciafico, Memory and Books, 1477: Abundance of books makes men less studious; it destroys memory and enfeebles the mind by relieving it of too much work.
Coverage in the Francophone blogosphere
For those readers who don't speak English (and if you don't, what are you doing trying to read this?), this article is a French summary of my Marseille talk.
Back to work
I'm back from France, recovered from jet lag, and caught up on e-mail, laundry, etc. Time to get back to serious work.via flickr
Introduction to Contemplative Computing: My talk at Lift11, Marseille
This is an illustrated copy of the talk I gave at the Lift11 conference in Marseille, France in July 2011. I was in a session titled "Slow," and
Working with the iPad
On this trip I've experimented with leaving my laptop behind and just taking my iPad, and so far it's performed pretty brilliantly. So long as I have an
Marseille
I'm in Marseille, France, for another hour or so. Since I got here I've been running around, looking at demos, working on my talk, or walking around and
I for one welcome our new robot goldfish overlords
The first cyborg goldfish: the motion of the goldfish controls a robot that moves around as the fish swims. (Though Andy Clark would disagree that the goldfish is
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
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