Is a second machine a real solution to Internet distraction disorder?
Mike Elgan at Computerworld has a column about overcoming "Internet distraction disorder:" Get a second computer, and use it just for play. You probably already have a desktop
How word processors domesticate writers
Via Heather I got to this piece by The Thesis Whisperer, who has just switched from Microsoft Word to Scrivener, about word processors and their influence on our
What I’ve been doing when I haven’t been traipsing to the Orchard
After working on this for a couple weeks, I've reached that familiar point with the contemplative computing article (or mini-monolith, as it's well over 10,000 words) where it's
Mindful Twittering
Lori Deschene has a nice article in Tricycle on "Ten Mindful Ways to Use Social Media." I won't republish the whole list and its annotations, but just note
Public release of contemplative computing article draft
After working on this for a couple weeks, I've reached that familiar point with the contemplative computing article (or mini-monolith, as it's well over 10,000 words) where it's
Talk at Bristol
Today I went to Bristol to give a talk at the Pervasive Media Studio. The Studio is in a redeveloped 19th-century building, surrounded by the Bristol cathedral, the
Photography as a technology that invites skill
One of the lines of argument I'm developing most strongly in the contemplative computing project is that contemplation (and more generally, any kind of sustained concentration or focus)
Francis Bacon on “the contemplation of things as they are”
The contemplation of things as they are without substitution or imposture without error or confusion is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention. (Francis
My upcoming appearance at Watershed in Bristol
I'm giving a talk in Bristol this Friday at Watershed, one of those super-hip harborside renewal projects / performance / research spaces. It actually sounds quite cool: Watershed is a cross-artform
Talk at Bristol
I'm giving a talk in Bristol this Friday at Watershed, one of those super-hip harborside renewal projects / performance / research spaces. It actually sounds quite cool: