Are you a phubber? Do you call out those who phub you? Do you have rules in your home about phubbing? Or as Sherry Turkle put it recently: Stop googling, let’s talk. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds100
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#tds99 Practice insight dialogue online today
Listen to this reading several times to gain some ideas about how to practice relational mindfulness in your online interactions today. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds99
#tds98 Attention, multitaskers (if you can pay attention, that is)!
You brain may be in trouble. Do less and accomplish more! A short article reporting research in Stanford University to support what you already know: you cannot do 10 things at once well. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds98
#tds97 Thoughts on designing contemplative technology
“We don’t know how to measure what we care about, so we care about what we measure.” – Richard Tapia, mathematician A 9 minute read by Chris Dancy on Medium is the stillness practice for today. A journey through Chronos and Kairos exploring design principles for a Kind Tech, a Contemplative Tech, and an avoidance… Read more »
#tds96 Being thoughtful about technology
Alison Donaldson speaks to saying both yes and no to technology: “Heidegger’s advice is not to demonise technology, but to say both ‘yes’ and ‘no’ to it. In other words, we can let technology into our lives, but at the same time we need to keep our distance from it.” Take a break and read… Read more »
#tds95 Productive in a world of constant updates?
“How did this Blackberry wind up under my pillow? Our connectivity is changing the way our brains function and how our nervous systems cope with being “plugged in” around the clock. Will we adapt or will we burn out?” Linda Stone and William Powers explore the difficult choices we make daily to find stillness in the… Read more »
#tds94 The cost of interruptions
“Interruptions are ubiquitous and annoying. Studies indicate that getting interrupted is also costly — it can take a long while for people who have been distracted to settle back into tasks. Now, new research explores whether there is a cure.” NPR Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds94
#tds93 The dark side of the subjunctive and stillness
Take 15 minutes today to learn some grammar! It might just give some life strategies to be purposeful about the state of mind your language leads you into. Actively choose your outlook by learning some grammar. Trust us. You will enjoy it. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds93
#tds92 Stillness in movement
“Stillness is dynamic. It is unconflicted movement, life in harmony with itself, skill in action… uninhibited, unconflicted participation in the moment you are in.” Erich Schiffmann Take a photo that illustrates stillness in movement or movement in stillness. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds92
#tds91 Do you need a brain pal?
Watch a 1 minute video which describes the BrainPal app. In an article on TechCrunch the app is summed up like this: “BrainPal combines data from consumer EEG headbands and the Cloudbrain API to show you how your favorite apps really make you feel.” Take some time today to reflect on wether this type of… Read more »
#tds90 Secret thoughts: I’m so busy
I am so busy, I wish people would understand. We are sure your digital habits are nothing like this (we think, very funny) video, but it does highlight well the disconnect between our action and the stories we tell (ourselves and others) about our actions. The challenge, from a stillness viewpoint, is to actually become… Read more »
#tds89 We are all afraid of the reaper
…and pursue strategies to deny, defy or defeat him/her. What has this to do with stillness? “Stephen Cave argues that the pursuit of immortality leads us astray: it promotes division and extremism, diverts us from present problems, and cultivates a self-centred worldview.” This can create restlessness not a still mind. A topic as important as this asks… Read more »
