Recently, I came across a blog post by Jake Knapp who also experienced the distractions caused by having a smart phone. So he decided to try and tweak his iPhone to make it distraction-free. And now, more than a year later, he’s still using it – …
Read MoreQuit your smartphone
Today I have an opinion piece in the Danish national newspaper Politiken. It’s a much shorter rewrite of my blog post about filters in the age of distraction, called “Drop din smartphone.” UPDATE: The piece has been posted on the Politiken website. Unfortunately, they’ve changed …
Read MoreDistraction filters on the smartphone
Some time ago, I wrote about how I ditched my smartphone and returned to an old Nokia “dumbphone”, started a tight Inbox Zero regime, and began checking my email just once a day. All in an attempt to regain control of my digital life. The …
Read MoreThe web as ecosystem
I recently finished reading Steven Johnson’s book Future Perfect. Being in the know as one of the “peer progressives” he lauds in the book, I found many of his points to be familiar. And all in all, I didn’t enjoy the book that much. But …
Read More12 ways to overcome computer friction
Some weeks ago, we held a conversation salon about everday life (“hverdage” in Danish) here in Copenhagen, and one of the questions we touched upon was: Where do you find calm in your everyday life? The more I thought about it, the more I realized …
Read MoreDeveloping filters in the age of distraction
At one point not too long ago, I realised that every time I checked my email, I was hoping for something to distract me from the thing I was working on. Something easier, something immediately rewarding. But most of the time, I just found more stuff I needed to do, and I got more stressed out. So, I’ve decided to make some rules for myself: From now on, I only check my email once a day.
Read MoreOpen Source Villages
Today, I came across a presentation called “How to Build a Post-Scarcity Village Using Existing Technology“, which introduces a project called Open Source Ecology. The people behind the project argue that we already have the technological foundations needed to ensure a sustainable and pleasant standard …
Read MoreVisualising computer memory
Did you ever see the Matrix and wonder just how all of those green characters of weird computer code flowing across the screen corresponded to what was represented on the screen inside the matrix? Well, today I came across a tool on the BERG blog, …
Read MoreRoles for the 21st century artist
Recently, I’ve been fascinated with Douglas Rushkoff, and I came across this presentation, in which he does well to sum up some of the main themes of his work. His style is earnest and passionate, and though some of his arguments are very generalized for …
Read MoreLucy Suchman on framing technology
This is a sort-of rough edit of my live-blogging notes for Lucy Suchman’s talk today at the IT University of Copenhagen. The talk was entitled “Human-machine reconfigurations – expanding frames and accountable cuts” Lucy Suchman is an antropologist by training, and has worked at the …
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