“We are happier. We exercise more and spend more time outside. We don’t feel guilty about wasting away a day staring at nonsense. We don’t overwork ourselves, yet we get much more done when working because we are less tempted by online distractions.” – Greg Skloot
Category Archives: Modern Living
Sam Muirhead Starts a Year of Living Open Source
“For one year I am trying to go as open source as possible, in all aspects of my life – the shoes I wear, the phone I use, even how I get around. I’m not buying any proprietary or traditionally copyrighted products unless all other options are exhausted. I’m looking for and switching to more …
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Natural Forces
“Had I been responding to any of the number of alerts on my phone, I’d have missed the beauty around me for the digital existence that would, and will still be there for me when I’m ready to access it again.” – Lee-Ann Bigwood
Buy In / Sell Out
“Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards.” – Bill Watterson
Enjoy your vacation – don’t document it.
“A growing number of hotels and resorts are offering sessions with photographers to chronicle guests’ vacations. Travelers want to record memorable moments without ruining them stressing about focus and flash. They want more sophisticated shots to share on social media. And vacationers realize that an iPhone may not catch that perfect surfing or skiing triumph.” …
The Good Fight
“So over the next two weeks I fought off the urge to login or participate. And when I say, ‘fought’, I mean it…When I left out the desire to share the moments we were together on Facebook or Twitter I found myself involved in it, present. I had no concern about how I would make …
Stop Shedding
“Your email is about to be sent to several hundred thousand people, who will have to spend at least 10 seconds reading it before they can decide if it is interesting. At least two man-weeks will be spent reading your email. Many of the recipients will have to pay to download your email. Are you …
Love is Attention
“Giving undivided attention is the first and most basic ingredient in any relationship. It is impossible to communicate, much less bond, with someone who can’t or won’t focus on you.” – Kare Anderson
John Cleese on Creativity
“…You have to create some space for yourself away from [your usual] demands. That means sealing yourself off…” – John Cleese
Everything Was Breakin’
Neal Conan: “You had solar panels (on your sailboat) for electricity.” Matt Rutherford: “I did, but they broke.” Neal: “They broke?” Matt: “One by one.” Neal: “I think you had a Kindle for reading books.” Matt: “I did. It broke in a storm.” If there’s a better betrayal of the weakness of our modern, connected, …