teamaskins, via Flickr (CC license) there are some software-related tricks that might help damp down internet distractions Nick Carr’s essay Is Google Making Us Stupid? has gotten a lot of play…
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| teamaskins, via Flickr (CC license) |
| there are some software-related tricks that might help damp down internet distractions |
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Here’s something I just came across that stopped me in my tracks:
Homophily makes you stupid.
I get kind of buzzed when I find something that excites me, but I might not have found it…
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| Image: rorris, via Flickr (CC license) |
| “Pay attention to irrelevant details and follow intriguing but useless connections.” |
I like attention. No, not being paid…
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A few days ago there was a discussion on Friendfeed about tech policy in the election and the new administration. Like any discussion, there were a range of opinions. But in the end, it…
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25
2008
If The Beatles are the baby boom’s rock band, then surely George Carlin was its comedian. Or at least one of the more important ones. Carlin endured from the 60’s to a live HBO special I watched…
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15
2008
There’s been no shortage of discussion around Nicholas Carr’s Atlantic essay Is Google Making Us Stupid. Do we really share an unhelpful shortened attention span from reading tweets and…Jun
11
2008
I’ve been exploring some social networking site quite a bit recently, mainly twitter and Friendfeed. The information flow through those sites is nothing short of amazing. And that’s a good thing,…
