Technorealism
Just finished reading through David Shenk’s The End of Patience (1999) and happened across a term near the end of the book that I wasn’t familiar with: technorealism. Expect more on this concept soon. It has fascinated me.
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Junk Sleep
Reuters reported today on a London survey that says teens do not get enough sleep because they are distracted by high-tech gadgets in their bedrooms.
The Sleep Council polled 1,000 teens aged 12 to 16 and found, on average, they get from four to seven hours of sleep a night, less than recommended; and most fell [...]
Philosophical Babble
Dan Visel wrote yesterday on the if:book blog about tabs and nonlinearity.
The “tab” connection — thinking of tab in all of its modern definitions, from keyboarding to physical bits of things sticking out — had little to do with his overall argument, other than acting as a point of inspiration and then an awkward chorus [...]
Oooh, That Smell
An e-bookseller has taken the advice of a poll of college students and begun issuing “old book smell” scratch and sniff stickers with their online sales.
Reuters reports that a poll of 600 college students shows that one of the qualities they most enjoy about their physical books is the smell, whether old and musty [...]
New Toy
I got a new toy today, one of the brand new Apple slim keyboards. Why? Well, have you seen one? They, not that Timberlake snot, brought sexy back, with a vengeance. I don’t even have an Apple desktop to use it with. (It’ll be plugged into my MacBookPro.) But I had to. I just had [...]
