My Washington Post interview: “How Charles Darwin used rest to be more productive”
I'm in today's Washington Post, thanks to Brigid Schulte, a Post contributor and author of Overwhelmed. In the United States, we work among the longest hours of any
Interview with ABC Sunshine Coast on technology and distraction
A couple days ago I was interviewed on ABC Sunshine Coast's morning show about technology and distraction. You can now listen to the interview on Soundcloud: For a
Digital nomads and deliberate rest: “How we practice rest will be an important factor of our working future”
One of the best things about working on big interesting projects like books, or editing the Encyclopedia Britannica, is that you encounter people you never would otherwise. Kavi
Software eats the world; monkeys eat fiber optic cables
At least they do in India, and it’s a particular problem in the city of Varanasi, which has been trying to upgrade its IT services and introduce street-level
“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
Matthew Crawford on “Overcoming Society’s Distraction Addiction”
if I were in Seattle, I’d go to this, and not just because the title name-checks my book: Matthew Crawford is speaking about his new book, The World
Molly McLeod’s iPhone wallpapers
Oakland-based artist Molly McLeod has created a set of hilarious but excellent iPhone wallpapers that act as nudges. They’re great. I’ve been talking about this concept for a while
This could be the cover of my next book
From Oakland-based artist Molly McLeod: I’m a fan of the smartphone wallpaper as nudge, having created a few myself (and perhaps inspired WNYC’s Bored and Brilliant wallpapers). You
Anita Desai: “I could not have spoken to anyone of what it cost me to put work aside just when it acquired momentum”
Writer Anita Desai on her writing practice, from a 2012 article, and the pain of interruption: The writing I did as an adult took place, like my childhood writing,
Scott Adams on his morning routine: “I wait for the ideas… like a hunter in a duck blind”
Like many writers, Scott Adams has a pretty strict routine that he follows when getting down to work. He describes it in a Business Insider article, and no