In my research into the art of cigar smoking (yes, I do lead an interesting life; cigars are…
Well, it’s Monday. I did it. A week without email or twitter access on my phone (the two things I check most compulsively). Nobody else said they were going to try it, but I took the plunge anyway. Here’s a few of my thoughts and consequences:
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Not a weeping angel. A workaholic ADD angel.[/caption]
No, this is not another “Should you do what you love?” post. I promised that I’d said the last word I…
Last week I talked about the idea of a “Notification Free” week, when you could try to be less distracted by all the beeps and buzzes of the many apps. As promised, I shut down all the…
On Friday we talked about how it is a misnomer to think that the urgent and the important cannot — or do not — coexist for all of us. I mentioned that the real problem was differentiating between the urgent and the noisy.
Over the weekend I had one of those epiphanies. One of those moments that changes your perspective on things, that makes you suddenly see the elephant in the room.
Credit where credit is due: I first considered the idea of the “Augmented Self” during a conversation with my good friend J.P., a stage manager extraordinaire from Toronto (among other things). He and…