As if we needed more reminders not to drive distracted
Turns out distraction looks like a factor in that horrible train crash in Spain. The Independent reports that The driver of a train that derailed last week, killing
Advance online preview of THE DISTRACTION ADDICTION
Of course there's going to be an electronic version of The Distraction Addiction, and it'll make its way into the great maw of Google Books at some point;
Memoto film on lifelogging
The Swedish startup Memoto-- you might have heard about their super-successful Kickstarter campaign last year-- recently released a video about lifelogging, which is available on Vimeo: Lifeloggers from
“that which is vital we ignore”
I ran across this lament from Thomas a Kempis in a piece by Virginia writer Liza Field: “Our thoughts are given to things which avail little, but that
“the object on Facebook that I am most ambivalent about is me”
Slate contributor Steve Kolowich writes about going through-- and often deleting-- old Facebook posts, likes, and messages: A wall post, comment, or "like" stops being useful once everyone
Disconnected days in New York
Last week, I took a few days off and took my son to New York City. (I had a workshop in DC, and needed to meet my publisher
Ferrari puts the brakes on mass email
Another company trying to cut down on internal email and encourage more face-to-face communication, via the Guardian: Italian manufacturer Ferrari is concerned that the indiscriminate use of emails
Another unplugged thing: Unplugged weddings
The one good thing that's come of my paying any attention to Sean Parker's post-wedding social media tempest is that, via New York Magazine, I found out about
Another unplugged holidays campaign
Last month I mentioned the Saint Vincent and Grenadines digital detox tourism campaign. Recently I got an advance copy of an info graphic created for a Expedia's UK
“‘Information overload’ once referred to the difficulty of absorbing intelligently the data produced by others”
Gregg Zachary has a short, Proustian think-piece on the "remembrance of everything past" in IEEE Spectrum: “Information overload” once referred to the difficulty of absorbing intelligently the data