Nick Bilton, Lead Technology Writer for The New York Times Bits blog and a reporter for the paper, discusses his new book, I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works. In the book, Bilton examines how technology is creatively disrupting society, business, and our brains. On the podcast, he talks about neuroplasticity and reading, a debate with George Packer about Twitter, innovators’ dilemmas in the porn industry, why many CEOs and movie producers bristle at how the future works, and “ricochet working.” He also discusses effects of combining human curation with computer algorithms, hyperpersonalization, informational veggies, and serendipity. He concludes with his theory about today’s news (and the reason he doesn’t worry about missing tweets): “If it’s important, it will find me.”
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Nick Bilton on how technology creatively disrupts society
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43F Podcast: The Perfect Apostrophe | 43 Folders
The Perfect Apostrophe - In which I undertake writing a book on productivity. (10:50)
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Spark: Ben Fullerton on Design for Solitude (Full Interview)
I’ve been thinking about the importance of solitude quite a lot, lately. Recently, I came across a talk given by Ben Fullerton, who is a director of user experience at Method Design, in San Francisco. In the talk, he argues that the default for designers is assuming that connection is good, and that maybe, instead, designers should think about how their work can support solitude, at least some of the time. Ben cited some examples of new ways of thinking about design to support values such as solitude and mindfulness, including former Spark guest, Jaron Lanier’s book, You Are Not a Gadget, and the upcoming Wisdom 2.0 conference. The conversation reminded me of an interview I did with William Deresiewicz, back in 2009. He argued that we may be losing our ability to be alone, in our ‘always on’ culture. I’d love to get your thoughts on how we might begin to think about designing for things like solitude and attention, instead of just connection.
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2011/01/full-interview-ben-fullerton-on-design-for-solitude/
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Lady Greenfield on social network sites and your health | Technology | guardian.co.uk
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Spark 90 - November 1 & 3, 2009
"On this episode of Spark: The pleasures and sorrows of work, continuous partial attention, and email apnea" From http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/10/spark-90-november-1-3-2009/ and via Tiffany B. Brown’s blog.
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43f Podcast: Gangs, Constraints, and Courageous Blocks
Learn how ganging and constraints can help you create the blocks of time you need to devote 100% of your attention to making your best work. (10:32)
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