Patrick James
Because we all need to get our priorities in order, it's quite a blessing that Information Is Beautiful has constructed this Hierarchy of Digital Distractions, a tongue-in-cheek (or in this case fingers-in-laptop) pyramid that diagrams the obstacles to real work in the modern age.
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
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Design student Lulin Ding's new project, "Digitize Eyeshadow," uses light to "paint" your eyelids whenever you blink or close your eye.
This week in GOOD's community blog, willcoley points us to Internet for Everyone, a campaign to get internet access to those on the disconnected...
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Technologist Jaron Lanier warns about using new technologies that suck the wonder out of education-and human instruction.
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An interview with Lomographic Society North America CEO Ulli Barta. Last month, the iconic Lomography movement opened an ambitious retail space...
Cyberbullying laws aren't going to change bad behavior. Instead, youth need to learn how to make ethical decisions about internet use.
A new report shows that the number of middle and high school students learning online has tripled over the past three years.
Normally you have to pay a hefty sum when you check into a resort to break an addiction, but these hotels want to help you unplug, for their sake.
Forget pen and paper: This is a fresh way to get students from low income backgrounds excited about writing.
