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A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in...

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:28:11 -0800

A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley

“I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/phones-children-silicon-valley.html

Yosemite, 2015

Fri, 30 Jun 2017 10:23:55 -0700

Yosemite, 2015

Will Free Wi-Fi Destroy the Party System?

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:03:15 -0800

Will Free Wi-Fi Destroy the Party System?:

“There’s a point at which political communication speeds past the last stop where democratic deliberation, the genuine consent of the governed, is possible. An instant poll, of the sort that pops up on your screen while you’re attempting to read debate coverage, encourages snap and solitary judgment, the very opposite of what’s necessary for the exercise of good citizenship. Democracy takes time. It requires civic bonds, public institutions, and a free press. And in the United States, so far, it has needed parties.”

My year with a distraction-free iPhone (and how to start your own experiment) — Medium

Sun, 03 Jan 2016 06:22:49 -0800

My year with a distraction-free iPhone (and how to start your own experiment) — Medium

Jeb + Blackberry < Marco + iPhone

Sun, 03 Jan 2016 06:21:07 -0800

Jeb + Blackberry < Marco + iPhone by Jon Ward

(via michelgaubert™ on Instagram: “Death by Selfie”)

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:31:56 -0700

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(via michelgaubert™ on Instagram: “Death by Selfie”)

An Epic Desk.

Sat, 18 Jul 2015 06:56:44 -0700

An Epic Desk.

Photo

Sun, 12 Jul 2015 08:41:40 -0700

The dress.

Thu, 14 May 2015 10:47:06 -0700

The dress.

Cook can dance.

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:43:22 -0700

Cook can dance.

NYTimes: In the Age of Information, Specializing to Survive

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 06:43:13 -0700

NYTimes: In the Age of Information, Specializing to Survive:

As the amount of human-created information spirals ever higher, our ability to sift through it has not kept pace. Increasingly condensed specialization is one result.

"So home and late at my office. But, Lord! to see how much of my old folly and childishnesse hangs..."

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:49:18 -0800

““So home and late at my office. But, Lord! to see how much of my old folly and childishnesse hangs upon me still that I cannot forbear carrying my watch in my hand in the coach all this afternoon, and seeing what o'clock it is one hundred times; and am apt to think with myself, how could I be so long without one; though I remember since, I had one, and found it a trouble, and resolved to carry one no more about me while I lived.””

- The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S., 1665 N.S. by Samuel Pepys

Quodlibet #1 by David Esterly

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:19:09 -0800

Quodlibet #1 by David Esterly

Apple Pay Gives Glimpse of Mainstream Appeal for Mobile Payments - NYTimes.com

Mon, 17 Nov 2014 23:39:28 -0800

Apple Pay Gives Glimpse of Mainstream Appeal for Mobile Payments - NYTimes.com:

“Mobile payments have quickly been growing more popular, but over all, spending with a smartphone is low. The research firm Gartner estimated that worldwide, people spent $235.4 billion through mobile payments in 2013, compared with $163.1 billion in 2012. But that number is much smaller in North America, where consumers spent about $37 billion through mobile transactions in 2013, up from $24 billion the previous year.”

Apple Pay Gives Glimpse of Mainstream Appeal for Mobile Payments - NYTimes.com

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Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:04:00 -0700

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Marsel Van Oosten

Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:46:28 -0700

Marsel Van Oosten

Digital experience.

Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:23:54 -0700

Digital experience.

Your Inner Drone: The Politics of the Automated Future

Sat, 04 Oct 2014 10:57:04 -0700

Your Inner Drone: The Politics of the Automated Future:

“Brin’s awkward presentation earned him the ridicule of technology bloggers. Still, he had a point. Smartphones enchant, but they also enervate. The human brain is incapable of concentrating on two things at once. Every glance or swipe at a touchscreen draws us away from our immediate surroundings. With a smartphone in hand, we become a little ghostly, wavering between worlds. People have always been distractible, of course. Minds wander. Attention drifts. But we’ve never carried on our person a tool that so insistently captivates our senses and divides our attention. By connecting us to a symbolic elsewhere, the smartphone, as Brin implied, exiles us from the here and now. We lose the power of presence.”

Your Inner Drone: The Politics of the Automated Future

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Cartoon by André Carrilho

Fri, 03 Oct 2014 17:17:34 -0700

Cartoon by André Carrilho

A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Begging - NYTimes.com

Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:12:34 -0700

A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Begging - NYTimes.com:

Interesting after reading so many articles about the high numbers of proxy purchasers in line. All that waiting not really paying off for anyone: