I love surprises, especially the informational kind. Most days bring the same types of news and subjects that I follow in my RSS aggregators and various social media sites I look at. I’ve written…
I’ve been giving a lot of attention to attention. Well, as far as following a debate about web reading vs book reading goes. The debate surrounding Nick Carr’s Atlantic essay Is Google Making Us…
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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| there are some software-related tricks that might help damp down internet distractions |
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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| “Pay attention to irrelevant details and follow intriguing but useless connections.” |
I like attention. No, not being paid…
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…
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…
