Interview about digital distraction on KALW
Last Monday I was one of three guests on KALW's City Lights radio show talking about distraction in the digital age. It was a great deal of fun. The
“Why are they taking valuable teaching time from my child” to teach mindfulness?
A school mindfulness program in Ohio is shutting down after parents complain: The Tibetan bell no longer tolls at Warstler Elementary in Plain Township. The school had adopted a
Cellphone networks “have sold American consumers a digital lifeline without honoring their responsibility to assure it works at our time of greatest need”
My friend Anthony Townsend has written about "The Shame of Boston's Wireless Woes," and what the failure of the city's cellphone networks after the marathon bombing tells us
The airplane is “a good place to code”
"I’m surprised that that I like coding on flights," software engineer Sef Kloninger confesses. Despite the fact that plenty of people work on planes, the skies are generally
Postcast for the radio show
The podcast for tonight's broadcast of KALW's City Lights is already up. Boy, they worked fast! The show was a lot of fun, and I really enjoyed myself.
Listen to “Texting and tranquility: Finding mental calm in a sea of distraction” tonight at 7pm
I'll be on City Lights radio tonight at 7 pm, talking about digital distraction with Neema Moraveji and Stephanie Brown. City Visions Radio presents: Texting and Tranquility: Finding
“Friends don’t let friends lose their capacity for humanity:” On antisocial feeling and technology
Two studies that have gotten some play in the last couple days suggest a connection between antisocial behavior and technology use. First, UNC Chapel Hill professor Barbara Fredrickson writes in
Texting while flying is now a thing
Apparently there people who text while flying-- but it's worth noting the details in this story as well. Federal safety officials on Tuesday blamed [helicopter pilot james] Freudenberg's
Are game companies Walter White or Gustavo Fring?
A friend responds to my last post, suggesting that Bruckman goes too easy on Zygna: they should be recognized as aggressively trying to colonize our attention, not accidentally
Words With Friends “was slowly taking over my life”
Amy Bruckman, who did some of the first serious academic work on online communities, has a thoughtful post about giving up Words With Friends. "It’s a fun game,