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Confessions of a Cellphone Holdout – WSJ.com
I hope that I have a few more years left before I come to die, but I have gotten incalculable pleasure from not owning a cellphone, even if I never did make it, as Thoreau did, to the woods. But in a few weeks, I will buy a phone. I am scared. I am afraid […]
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How to Make Money in Music Now — Culture Clash — Medium
Q: Let’s jump right in. How do you do business in 2013? A: As crazy as it might sound, I run my entire business off of my iPhone, meaning that my audience can reach me directly by e-mail, text, and phone. I believe that that level of direct interaction is far more valuable than interaction […]
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INTERNET BS
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Unwelcome tasks and burdens
…Town notables, as town autonomy vanished, found they had become subordinate implements of the imperial bureaucracy, and the life went out of their public functions, which grew every decade more disagreeable, more profitless and more oppressive. They had to be driven to their unwelcome tasks and burdens, which brought no real honor and gratified no […]
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How Your iPhone Weakens Your Will | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
The takeaway, then, is this: that our bodies continue to exist while we burrow into the familiar discomfort of our inboxes–and consciously or not, our consciousnesses are affected by it. via How Your iPhone Weakens Your Will | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.
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Ferrari 512 BBi Is A Piece of Art
When Holger Schubert created his studio-garage space, he did what any self-respecting, Ferrari-loving, minimalist architect would do: he took his work-of-art BB 512i and built everything around it. As any showcased work of art deserves to be, Holger’s car is in the spotlight and on the pedestal that is the studio garage, which was designed […]
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The Answer is a Click Away — Better Humans — Medium
We found the solution for technology overload. We turned it off. Who knew that a balanced life was just a click away? via The Answer is a Click Away — Better Humans — Medium.
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Caffeine withdrawal now classified as a mental disorder | Death and Taxes
This almost makes me want to draw a line in the sand. The American Psychiatric Association recently released an updated version of its manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) and this time it includes a new addition: Caffeine withdrawal. It’s mighty easy to get addicted to coffee—it’s even encouraged, provided for free in workplaces. But many […]
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The mobile testing challenge: How to improve your UX and prepare for the future | VentureBeat
Since testing can amount to as much as 10 percent of a mobile development budget, this headache can quickly avalanche into a disaster without the right direction and tools. So what options are available to help companies get through this frustrating period before launching a mobile application? It’s easiest if you consider the four types […]
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The illusion of simplicity: photographer Peter Belanger on shooting for Apple | The Verge
At one point I decided I wanted to learn a bit more about the commercial side of photography and applied for an internship in San Francisco. I could see there was a lot of work in the area for commercial photographers due to all the product companies around Silicon Valley. This was when desktop publishing […]