Posts in Category: culture
bookmarks — volume 2, issue 5
Articles
- The Future of the City — Leo Hollis
- My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters — Deborah Copaken Kogan
- Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin’s Post-Scandal Playbook — Jonathan Van Meter
- Being Gay at Jerry Falwell’s University — Brandon Ambrosino
- A Guide to Practical Contentment — Leo Babauta
- The 25 Greatest Quotes About Writing — Charlie Morrigan
- In Kids’ Rooms, Pink is for Girls, Blue is for Boys — David Rosenberg
- The Man Who Pierced the Sky — William Langewiesche
- The Hell of American Day Care — Jonathan Cohn
- I’m For Sale: Creative Ambition is Lovely, But What Happens When You Need Real Money? — Genevieve Smith
- Career Advice: Sabotaging Husbands — Leslie Bennetts
- Michelle Rhee’s Reign of Error — John Merrow
- Biblical Blame Shift — Richard Wolin
- The White Man Jesus — Edward J Blum
- Who Knew That Greenwich, Conn., Was a Model of Equality? — Adam Davidson
- Inequality and New York’s Subway — The New Yorker
- Silicon Valley’s Other Entrepreneurs: Sex Workers — Laurie Segall & Erica Fink
- A Different World: How One Small College is Quitting Sports — and Might Lead a Revolution — Luke Cyphers
- Background to Smoking: The Growth of a Social Habit — Stephen Coleman
- Life in Public Housing — Rico “Superbizzee” Washington & Shino Yanagawa
- Why Does Music Feel So Good? — Virginia Hughes
- Japanese Roots — Jared Diamond
- Michael Pollan Says Men Need to Get Back Into the Kitchen, Stat — Hugh Merwin
- I Think, Therefore I Heal: The Weird Science of Neurofeedback — Katie Drummond
- Book Review — Brainism: Understanding Our Recent Obsession With Stress and the Mind — Tom Jacbos
- So You Want to Get Married? Let Me See Your Degree — Kevin Hartne
- Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition — Emily Esfahani Smith
- There’s An App For That: What to Eat, When to Meditate and Whether to Call Your Parents — Can Self-Monitoring Tools Make a Difference? — John-Paul Flintoff
- What Happens When You Really Disconnect — Tony Schwartz
- Broken News: The Lesson from Boston’s Journalism School — David Churbuck
- You Don’t Have to Pander — Seth Godin
- Am I An Outlier, Or Are Apple Products No Longer Easy To Use? — Jbat
- Fertilized World — Dan Charles
- Why Your Supermarket Only Sells 5 Kinds of Apples — Rowan Jacobsen
- My Mom — Mary H K Choi
- What Is the Business of Literature? — Richard Nash
- Streaming Dreams: YouTube Turns Pro — John Seabrook
- Where Uniqueness Lies — Gary Marcus
- The Delete Squad: Google, Twitter, Facebook and the New Global Battle Over the Future of Free Speech — Jeffrey Rosen
- Top CEO Pay Ratios — Bloomberg
- Deep Inside Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco — Austin Carr
- Crash Test — Nate Blakeslee
- Steven Soderbergh’s State Of Cinema Talk — Deadline
- Overheard: Steven Soderbergh — Film Comment
- Writers’ Second Thoughts — Liz Jobey
- I’m Still Here: Back Online After a Year Without the Internet — Paul Miller
- Brain, Interrupted — Bob Sullivan & Hugh Thompson
- Cleveland Abductions: Do White Victims Get More Attention? –Tara McKelvey
- The Illusion of Simplicity: Photographer Peter Belanger on Shooting for Apple — Michael Shane
- Emoticon, Emoji, Text: Pt. 1, I Second That Emoticon — Tom McCormack
- Emoticon, Emoji, Text II: Just ASCII — Tom McCormack
- The Long Shadow of Bad Credit in a Job Search — Gary Rivlin
- What We Mean When We Say ‘Race Is a Social Construct’ — Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Enhanced Reality: Exploring the Boundaries of Photo Editing — Matthias Krug & Stefan Niggemeier
- How Positive Emotions Lead to Better Health — Tom Jacobs
- Heroic Theatergoer Smashes Cell Phone, Gets Thrown Out — John Del Signore
- The Design That Conquered Google — Matt Buchanan
- A Helpful Guide to Becoming Unbusy — Joshua Becker
- You’re Distracted. This Professor Can Help. — Marc Parry
- Guest Photographers or: Why You Should Have an Unplugged Wedding — Corey Ann
Videos
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stay focused
Ever since leaving social media last year, I can say that my focus has definitely increased. Nevertheless, I am always looking for ways to stay, or become, more focused. Perhaps some of you suffer from issues of focus, too — particularly due to digital distractions. I ran across this infographic and thought that it was worth sharing. As with most advice, not all of is practical or something that you can, realistically, implement; but it’s worth thinking about how much you can work into your daily routine.
Source: Mind Map Art
Do you have a particular technique, habit, or practice that you employ when you need to really focus? If so, please share. I think that it might be good for me to revisit Leo Babauta’s book Focus. (Click here for a downloadable PDF copy.)
