This post at The Philosopher's Mail [http://thephilosophersmail.com/perspective/the-importance-of-staring-out-the-window/] — > We tend to reproach ourselves for staring out of the window. You are supposed to be working, or studying, or ticking off things on your to-do list. It can seem almost the definition of wasted time.…
> “Don’t for the love of heaven let anybody rush you into anything.” Happy birthday, Julia Child! http://t.co/4NdTrP5U35 — Explore (@Explorer) August 15, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Explorer/statuses/500326819548393472]…
I was stunned the other night as I listened to a rebroadcast of Jian Ghomeschi interviewing Aisha Tyler [http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2014/08/11/best-of-q-aisha-tyler/]. The two talked about the pace of their lives, and the exchange went something like this as the talked turned to visiting…
> The faster the world moves, the further most of us fall behind--with the result that the world starts moving slower than ever before. — Pico Iyer (@PicoIyer) August 11, 2014 [https://twitter.com/PicoIyer/statuses/498866606873645056] It even took me a couple of days to get this posted.…
> > In my experience with students—talented students of writing — the most important thing for them to remember is that someone who is not them and cannot read their mind is going to have to read this. In order to write effectively, you don’t pretend it’s a…
> Sign of the (absurd) times: UK park urges visitors to dump smartphones in "tech creches" to enjoy Nature undistracted http://t.co/CAtKqe3uXu — carlhonore (@carlhonore) July 23, 2014 [https://twitter.com/carlhonore/statuses/491957841004331008]…
> “Email is a constant: Why I turned off email notifications” by @mg [https://twitter.com/mg] https://t.co/VW1hgEHpxJ — Medium (@Medium) July 18, 2014 [https://twitter.com/Medium/statuses/490257961042718720]…
There's really a shock in this story from NPR [http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/07/03/328137640/surrounded-by-digital-distractions-we-cant-even-stop-to-think?ft=1&f=102920358] titled "Surrounded by Digital Distractions, We Can't Even Stop to Think"— > Stripped of their books, cellphones and other…