From our survey of the readers of this blog (thanks so much for responding, and if you haven’t you still can - hint, hint) we know most of you are academic librarians, with a few academic researchers and others in … Continue reading
Brain, Interrupted. New York Times article on yet another study that proves multitasking is a myth. Disconnected: My Year Without the Internet. Interview wtih Paul Miller, who was disconnected for a year. He affirms some of what has been said … Continue reading
All the tasks that we have to keep up with when using web applications would exceed the amount of time and attention that any one of us could handle. It follows, therefore, that the more we can automate tasks we … Continue reading
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. New York: Harper & Row. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – – - William Butler Yeats The Yeats quote is a … Continue reading
Habits get bad press, as most of what is published focuses on how to get rid of bad habits. Too little attention is paid to the extraordinarily important role habits play in making our lives run more smoothly. Things that … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, iPad: How Apple’s Tablet Revolutionized Business Computing. Thought it was important to notice, from deep within the revolution, how quickly it is happening. The article also makes the important point that one of the things that changed in … Continue reading