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/I’m grateful to Julie at the Midwest Book Review for her kind review of In Real Life.
Read MoreI’m grateful to Julie at the Midwest Book Review for her kind review of In Real Life.
Read MoreWhat is a note? For all the effort going into so-called notes apps, I don’t think the software industry has a coherent answer to that question.
Read MoreHow different is the smartphone age from centuries past?
Read MoreI had a delightful time speaking to rabbinical and education students at American Jewish University today about In Real Life.
Read MoreGreat post about the plusses and minuses of computer-assisted meditation by my college buddy, Zach Schlosser.
Read More“Finally, an excuse to pull up the drawbridge, watch cartoons, and sleep all day!”
Read MoreLast night I realized I am a huge bummer at parties.
Read MoreIt seems absolutely insane to me that anyone would ever want to be surprised by an opportunity to watch a video.
Read MoreMy first book, In Real Life: Searching for Connection in High-Tech Times, is now available at all major online retailers, which is pretty exciting.
Read MoreThis guy makes beautiful mandalas out of found natural objects, fusing nature’s order and human order.
Read MoreIf this post seems “New Age” to you, then that proves my point.
Read MoreSinai’s MLK service lets us praise and remember and celebrate the ongoing civil rights struggle on our day of rest, charging us up for Monday’s work.
Read MoreThis article adds a couple fascinating subtleties to the wide open question of how parents’ smartphones are affecting this generation of children.
Read MoreY’all know I love spirituality apps, especially ones that help facilitate daily rituals. But I do think there’s a line such apps can cross where they become uncomfortable for me.
Read MoreIn today’s astonishing breaking news update, blithe journalists continue to propagate the research of academics who barely understand online life.
Read MoreAs the joyous wedding party hashtag this weekend demonstrated, people are figuring out how to wield their newfound connectivity in ways that are simultaneously fun and careful.
Read MoreThis is the first time I’ve felt strong resistance to writing a Shabbat message. Religion is not doing well in the media right now.
Read MoreThe more I think about the human-like identity nodes and Personal Brands™ I interact with on a daily basis, the more I see this: the only ones who feel uncool to me are those who conspicuously pretend they aren’t faking it.
Read MoreIt’s worth reading just because it’s about a great movie, Aliens, but it also contains a delicious analysis of how technology becomes culture and vice versa.
Read MoreI never said I was one of those gadget-averse mindfulness writers. Yes, any new device brings potential for distraction. Yes, consumerism is wasteful and destructive. Did any of that suddenly become true when mobile computers were invented? No.
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