Social Scanning article now officially published
I know I've personally sent copies to all fourteen people who are interested in the article, but my piece on social scanning (cleverly subtitled, in Shakespearean fashion, "or,
PowerPoint doesn’t make you stupid, and LOLcats doesn’t rewire your brain
Via Duke professor Cathy Davidson, I just came across this L. A. Times piece by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. (They're authors of The Invisible Gorilla. The essay
PowerPoint doesn’t make you stupid, and LOLcats doesn’t rewire your brain
Via Duke professor Cathy Davidson, I just came across this L. A. Times piece by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. (They're authors of The Invisible Gorilla. The essay
One reason airline food is lousy: being in an airplane dulls your sense of taste
One of the things I read a lot about when I was researching weight loss is the physiology of hunger. On one hand, hunger is so simple, elemental
Mindfulness and contemplation in weight loss, futures, and computing
Over the last couple years I've lost about fifty pounds. As nerdy as this will sound, while I was a fat kid and spent my adult life overweight,
The hotel
i'm staying at the Renaissance Orlando Resort, a rather large hotel somewhere on the SeaWorld campus. via flickr It's fairly pleasant, a good venue for the Collaborative Innovations
Airport shuttles as captive markets
I'm in a cab from the Orlando airport to my hotel. I was supposed to be on the Mears airport shuttle... two hours ago... but apparently the challenge
Review of Steven Johnson, “Where Good Ideas Comes From”
My review of Steven Johnson’s new book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, is now available on the Los Angeles Times Web site. (Interestingly
Around the world with no bags
This is the kind of travel I dream of being able to do: travel writer Rolf Potts "set off on a journey that took me around the world
Greetings from San Francisco
Heather and I are in San Francisco tonight, for tomorrow's Nike Women's Marathon. Heather's running the half, and I'm essentially packing up the room, bringing the car to