Tag Archive: "tech addiction"
Posted On: July 19, 2019
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Minnesota’s state government has taken FOREVER to pass a bill disallowing playing with your cell phone while driving. Well, they finally did. The law takes effect on August 1. You can still do “one-touch” activities and voice activation and such. Okay, fine.
Posted On: July 13, 2019
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Summer is super-active; even the loons are busy dodging looping boats. The interns keep chasing after more BITN bits—just ahead. And I’m attending a retiring party tonight for an educator who walks away with full…
Posted On: October 30, 2013
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I enjoyed lunch with a friend today—the mother of three young children. Their family may be the only one I know that has managed to keep their kids internet-free. Oh sure, there’s some TV. But…
Posted On: September 19, 2013
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Twice this week, while on the phone trying to expedite matters of consequence that had become stalled, this was what my teleconference-mate told me.
“Uh, okay, as you wish,” was my delayed response—though I secretly…
Posted On: May 21, 2013
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In a Zenny mindfulness class I’m taking, a woman explained the mantra she asks herself whenever she senses her brain wandering cluelessly:
“Am I present?”
Most people anymore might prefer to ask themselves,
“Am I…
Posted On: February 16, 2012
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Go to NOLA and become a world-class freeze-mime for tips on Bourbon Street. Like she did —–>
As Kempt suggests, when out with buddies, stack your phones on the table; the first one to grab…
Posted On: January 12, 2012
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A few days ago, Apple inspired me. Not in the usual way—with fresh innovation that changes the world—but a with an indifference and boorishness that makes Burger King charming. Now that Steve Jobs has gone…
Posted On: June 21, 2010
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The most amazing thing happened to me last weekend. I went to my daughter’s first-ever dance recital. And at the beginning, the hosts passionately asked the hundreds of people in the audience to turn off…
