On creative lives and the art of saying “no”
One of the striking things I noticed when writing REST was how often the people I was studying said no to things, arranged their lives to smoothy avoid
“we’re knee-deep in project management apps” but “we’re left with little headspace”
LSE professor Judy Wacjman explains why "time-saving technology has completely backfired:" First, there's the question: is a "hyper-productive philosophy—and the digital devices it breeds—actually conducive to genuine inventiveness and imagination?"
It’s hard work looking like you’re even busier
Marketing firm Havas has released a survey, “The Modern Nomad: Catch Me If You Can,” which looks at prosumers and their perception and management of time. A couple
“even our means of relaxation is… overstimulation”
"I teach at a university where many students pride themselves on the “study hard, party hard” lifestyle," writes Duke University professor Omid Safi in an essay on "The Disease
Unstructured time and self-directed executive functioning
Another study examining how unstructured time is important for kids: a Frontiers in Psychology article on how “Less-structured time in children's daily lives predicts self-directed executive functioning.” From the
“what the most productive 10% of our users have in common is their ability to take effective breaks”
A study recently conducted by the Draugiem Group, a Latvian IT company, provides another data-point about the important of rest in a good day’s work. Julia Gifford, a writer and
“Wake-up-to-power-down is the new 9-to-5”
Derek Thompson writes on the “joys and sorrows of late-night email:" For a certain class of workers, late evening isn't time off work. It's time on email, time
“most companies have no clear understanding of how their leaders and employees are spending their collective time”
Harvard Business Review has a long piece by several Bain & Co. consultants on how much time organizations waste through email, meetings, etc. TL;DR version: it’s a lot,
Little practices, big results: Nudges toward greater mindfulness
I've been noticing recently a number of people designing experiments or challenges that help them back away from constant, intrusive use of information technology, and help them find
“The problem is not email. The problem is people.”
Jon Mitchell (who wrote a nice piece on Digital Detox) on "How to Train Your Internet Friends:" The problem here at the dawn of the Information Age is