Garrick van Buren – Page 28 – About time. And product. And being more deliberate.

Just Solve the Problem Month

“What I know to be true is that there are a number of “problems” out there that need to be solved, that need one single thing to push them from “impossible” to “solved”, or, at least, “1.0″. And that thing that it needs is a lot of human thinking. Often rote, often boring, but necessary, to slam that thing out.” – Jason Scott

An inspirational read proclaiming November 2012 as “SOLVE THE FILE FORMAT PROBLEM MONTH.”.

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 someone laugh or if the post would be ‘Liked’.” – Kris Smith

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 absolutely sure that your email is of sufficient importance to bother all these people?” – Poul-Henning Kamp, circa 1999

Towards a Reconnected Future

“…it is not unfathomable to imagine a prospective society that finds the tic itself [compulsive mobile gadget use] to be as abhorrent and vile as today’s culture does cigarettes. In that putative future, smartphone users would be relegated to special rooms in airports, where passers by would shake their heads disapprovingly at the grey faces lit from below by their tiny, blue screens.”- Ian Bogost

thx – patrickrhone

Not long ago, I saw someone off in the corner at a social event – juggling a beer and a cigarette while tapping away on their iPhone. Connected.

Between You and Me

“Injecting so many menus, no matter how gracefully designed and modern, between your friends and the things you like, seems downright antisocial.” – Sam Biddle

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

Taking Back Friendship

“I no longer want my friends to have this passive peepshow into my life and I don’t want to have the same view of theirs. I want us to talk. I want a personal email. I want to find a way to share photos in a way that encourages us to talk about them with each other. I want to chortle over sushi about the random events and cry together over wine when heartbreak attacks. In short, I want my friends back. The only way I can do that is to cut the cord.” –

Distracted

All I Can Do

Tuesday is Like Day