Multitasking Brain Divides and Conquers, To a Point - 0 views
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Kelsey Meyer on 07 Mar 11New multitasking research involving money incentive upon successful completion of tasks.
Is Google Making Us Stupid? - 0 views
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This article is referenced in our current book about what the internet is doing to our thinking. It is written by Nicholas Carr who is also the author of our next book, The Shallows. It sounds like it will be a very interesting book.
Video games can help children, too? - 0 views
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This is an article from science daily citing the same study from the previous article, but it takes it a little bit farther and includes a study done on fifth graders.
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Forgive me. This one is from USA Today, not Science Daily.
Surgeons make less errors if they play video games - 0 views
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This is an article from msnbc that says surgeons that played video games three hours a week, made 37% less errors.
Welcome to the Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History - 0 views
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An interesting site about the introduction of the railway, and its history. It's hard to believe people thought you would suffocate if you went more than 20 mph!
Suspending Disbelief - 0 views
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An article from Nick Bilton's book about how we view the world.
People No Longer Have Attention Span To Read Full Articles - 0 views
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An article about our societies diminishing attention span
A Blueprint for the Complete Community Connection « The Buttry Diary - 0 views
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Something I mentioned to everybody in the class I led discussion during and something I'd meant to share a link to weeks ago, but something that's hyper-relevant, given the topic of today's reading and our latest title, "I live in the future & here's how it works." Enjoy!
Why not call it a Facebook revolution? - CNN.com - 0 views
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Yet another example of deigital media and social media revolutionizing the way groups assemble, organize, sustain themselves and activate themselves. It's kind of an old story that keeps being retold, as protestors around the world continue to use social media to propel their causes, but it's relevant and apparently news worth enough to continue to make today's headlines...
The Future of Written Culture - 0 views
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Pretty long, but an interesting article by Naomi Baron that expands on what is written in "Always On" about the future of written culture.
A Glimpse into the life of Our North Korean Peers - 0 views
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This video has a bit more to do with Shirky than Baron. It's a documentary piece from Al-Jazeera about the life of some North Korean students in Film school. I found it very interesting when you compare their cinematographic principles to our own. I also found the differences in effort cost between pursuing our interests for the future in the two countries very intriguing.
Stephen Fry on Language/Grammar Police - 1 views
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Listen to what Stephen Fry has to say about the "grammar police" and what direction language seems to be headed today. Really interesting!
Fake Rahm Emanuel Twitter Account Raises Verified Account Concerns - 0 views
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An interesting article about just how much influence twitter has, and how much it can mess things up!
Media multitasking may not be as efficient as you think! - 0 views
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Relates to "Always on" and our discussion of multitasking by using multiple mediums and social/communication tools
Grey's Anatomy Episode- Please Don't Go - 0 views
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In this episode of Grey's Anatomy, the surgeons use twitter to update other surgeons across the country about their work. In return, other surgeons send back feedback. As a result, a life saving surgery is performed and a patient lives. All of this due to this social media!
Interview with Naomi S. Baron - 0 views
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This is an interview on CBC podcast about digital technology changing the way we write.
Coral Castle - 0 views
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What a man did with the use of a library. (From waaay back at the beginning of the semester when talking about lost technologies and libraries from "Reinventing Knowledge."
2008 Sichuan Earthquake - 0 views
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Updated information on one earthquake talked about in Clay Shirky's "Here Comes Everybody."
University of Minnesota Freeze - 0 views
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The flash mob example used in my presentation.
Iowa State's Freeze - 0 views
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An example of flash mobs, used in my presentation.
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