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“structure how information flows through your life”

Two new books, The Organized Mind by psychologist Daniel Levitin, and Matthew Crawford’s The World Beyond Your Head, talk about the importance of learning how to intelligently offload memory

By |2015-04-03T16:14:29-07:00April 3rd, 2015|Architecture and Environment, Attention / Distraction, Books and reading, Business and work, Contemplative computing|Comments Off on “structure how information flows through your life”

“We know how to use tools; the problem is that our smartphones don’t know how to be good ones.”

Another new article of mine, this time in the Penn Gazette, which happens to be my alumni magazine. I really like the 1970s cybernetic thing going on in

By |2015-03-16T22:37:46-07:00March 16th, 2015|Attention / Distraction, Business and work, Contemplative computing, Media, Technology, The Distraction Addiction|Comments Off on “We know how to use tools; the problem is that our smartphones don’t know how to be good ones.”

“We want you to start actually seeing that phone-free world around you:” Bored and Brilliant, Day 2

Tuesday’s Bored and Brilliant challenge is an interesting one for me, because I agree with it, with some strong reservations. Here it is: Your instructions: See the world

By |2015-02-03T04:49:00-08:00February 3rd, 2015|Attention / Distraction, Contemplative computing, Sabbaths|Comments Off on “We want you to start actually seeing that phone-free world around you:” Bored and Brilliant, Day 2

Taiwan: Internet overuse is as bad as “smoking, drinking, chewing betel nut and using drugs”

Asian countries are the world's leading producers, and some of the most avid consumers, of electronics. So it's no surprise that kids in China, Korea, and Taiwan spend

By |2015-01-27T10:49:55-08:00January 27th, 2015|Attention / Distraction, Contemplative computing, Technology|Comments Off on Taiwan: Internet overuse is as bad as “smoking, drinking, chewing betel nut and using drugs”
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