This video would be worth pointing out even if it didn’t open with my words
But it does. Jason Silva on ambient intimacy: Thanks to Evan Selinger for pointing it out to me!
More commuting and working: What Americans do instead of sleep
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has an article in the December issue of Sleep looking at how people who sleep less spend their extra waking time. Roughly "30
Words you don’t want to read in a review: “she just doesn’t seem to care whether she’s right”
I missed Martin Robbins' Guardian review of Mind Change, Susan Greenfield's latest book, but it's quite something. Granted, I shouldn't be surprised, since Robbins' review of Greenfield's novel
How smartphones are (and are not) like knives
Perhaps an odd question to ask in an age of Grindr and Tinder, but still: this morning's KQED Forum took it on. Presumably the audio will be online in
“we let things have agency”
Interesting article by Cameron Tonkinwise on “The Practically Living Weight of Convenient Things:" Some metaphors eventually ‘take’ and solidify into intuited experiences of things that they previously only
Why programmers work at night
Business Insider has a piece explaining "Why programmers work at night." Swizec Teller, a freelance programmer who lives near me (note to self: interview him for the Rest book). So
Put your phone away during hard tasks: “the mere presence of a cell phone may be distracting”
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine studying distraction and cellphones have discovered something interesting: not only does your ability to handle complicated cognitive tasks diminish when you
How “5 Signs You Should Take a Break From Social Media” shows there’s no such thing as a small media request
Almost exactly a month ago, a nice writer emailed me about an article she was writing on taking a break from social media, and asking if I could
“One positive person can spread Happiness to more than 1,000 people, but through the power of technology we can reach out to millions”
I've recently been talking to people in locations as far-flung as Finland and Australia about designing programs that support mindfulness and flow, so I suspect there'll be a
“The trouble with ignorance is that it feels so much like expertise”
As a futurist I can get behind that quote. Cornell professor David Dunning, who's been studying confidence, ignorance, and self-knowledge for quite a while, has a nice article