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March 25, 2015

IRL in Midwest Book Review

March 25, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
IRL in Midwest Book Review

I’m grateful to Julie at the Midwest Book Review for her kind review of In Real Life.

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In Real Life
March 23, 2015

The Perfect Notes App

March 23, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
The Perfect Notes App

What 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.

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UI
mobile, design, writing
March 10, 2015

Screen Time: The Problem Lies Deeper Than Your Phone

March 10, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Screen Time: The Problem Lies Deeper Than Your Phone

How different is the smartphone age from centuries past?

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February 24, 2015

New Solutions, Old Problems: My Talk on Technology at American Jewish University

February 24, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
New Solutions, Old Problems: My Talk on Technology at American Jewish University

I had a delightful time speaking to rabbinical and education students at American Jewish University today about In Real Life.

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February 24, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
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Podcasting, Public speaking, In Real Life
February 05, 2015

Can Technology Aid Your Meditation Practice?

February 05, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Can Technology Aid Your Meditation Practice?

Great post about the plusses and minuses of computer-assisted meditation by my college buddy, Zach Schlosser.

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January 30, 2015

Shabbat Shalom Week 14: The Sickness Unto Work

January 30, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Shabbat Shalom Week 14: The Sickness Unto Work

“Finally, an excuse to pull up the drawbridge, watch cartoons, and sleep all day!”

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January 30, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
In Real Life
January 23, 2015

Shabbat Shalom Week 13: So, What Do You Do?

January 23, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Shabbat Shalom Week 13: So, What Do You Do?

Last night I realized I am a huge bummer at parties.

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January 23, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
In Real Life
January 22, 2015

Autoplay Videos Are the Enemy

January 22, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Autoplay Videos Are the Enemy

It seems absolutely insane to me that anyone would ever want to be surprised by an opportunity to watch a video.

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January 21, 2015

In Real Life, My First Book, Is On Sale Now

January 21, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
In Real Life, My First Book, Is On Sale Now

My first book, In Real Life: Searching for Connection in High-Tech Times, is now available at all major online retailers, which is pretty exciting.

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January 21, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
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In Real Life, Books, career
January 20, 2015

Gorgeous Mandalas Made of Sticks, Rocks, Leaves and Such

January 20, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Gorgeous Mandalas Made of Sticks, Rocks, Leaves and Such

This guy makes beautiful mandalas out of found natural objects, fusing nature’s order and human order.

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January 19, 2015

“New Age” Is an Anti-Emotional Epithet We Should Stop Using

January 19, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
“New Age” Is an Anti-Emotional Epithet We Should Stop Using

If this post seems “New Age” to you, then that proves my point.

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January 16, 2015

Shabbat Shalom Week 12: Civil Disobedience and Driving on Shabbat

January 16, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Shabbat Shalom Week 12: Civil Disobedience and Driving on Shabbat

Sinai’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.

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January 16, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
In Real Life
January 15, 2015

Babies and Phones: Can They Tell When We’re Wasting Time?

January 15, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Babies and Phones: Can They Tell When We’re Wasting Time?

This article adds a couple fascinating subtleties to the wide open question of how parents’ smartphones are affecting this generation of children.

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January 14, 2015

Confessing Your Sins to a Phone

January 14, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Confessing Your Sins to a Phone

Y’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.

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January 13, 2015

Breaking News: Humans Express Themselves Online

January 13, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Breaking News: Humans Express Themselves Online

In today’s astonishing breaking news update, blithe journalists continue to propagate the research of academics who barely understand online life.

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January 12, 2015

Sportsball, Weddings, Promotions, and Headlines: Should We Keep Them Separated?

January 12, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Sportsball, Weddings, Promotions, and Headlines: Should We Keep Them Separated?

As 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.

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January 12, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
In Real Life
January 09, 2015

Shabbat Shalom Week 11: I Can’t Even

January 09, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
Shabbat Shalom Week 11: I Can’t Even

This is the first time I’ve felt strong resistance to writing a Shabbat message. Religion is not doing well in the media right now.

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January 09, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
In Real Life
January 08, 2015

It’s Okay That Social Media Isn’t Cool

January 08, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
It’s Okay That Social Media Isn’t Cool

The 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.

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January 08, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
In Real Life
January 07, 2015

The Best Movie About Technology

January 07, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
The Best Movie About Technology

It’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.

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January 06, 2015

I’m Psyched for the Apple Watch — HOWEVER,

January 06, 2015/ Jon Mitchell
I’m Psyched for the Apple Watch — HOWEVER,

I 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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January 06, 2015/ Jon Mitchell/
In Real Life
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