But the damage is not caused by overwork, it’s
caused by multiple distracted work. One American study found that
interruptions take up 2.1 hours of the average knowledge worker’s day. This,
it was estimated, cost the US economy $588 billion a year. Yet the rabidly
multitasking distractee is seen as some kind of social and economic ideal.
Index on Censorship » Blog Archive » Code breakers - 1 views
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Journalists are being tarnished by the activities of professional privacy invaders - Brian Cathcart dissects News of the World phone hacking scandal, plus examines the case of public interest v intrusion
Journalism Warning Labels « Tom Scott - 0 views
Create Your Personal Newspaper - 3 views
60 Sites in 60 Minutes - 3 views
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List of 60 useful sites/tools for digital media/journalism.
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: The Omnigoogle - 0 views
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But while Google is an unusual company in many ways, when you boil down its business strategy, you find that it's not quite as mysterious as it seems. The way Google makes money is straightforward: It brokers and publishes advertisements through digital media.
#99 Grammar « Stuff White People Like - 0 views
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In fact, one of the greatest joys a white person can experience is to catch a grammar mistake in a major publication. Finding one allows a white person to believe that they are better than the writer and the publication since they would have caught the mistake. The more respected the publication, the greater the thrill. If a white person were to catch a mistake in The New Yorker, it would be a sufficient reason for a large party.
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: The cloud's Chrome lining - 0 views
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Google is motivated by something much larger than its congenital hatred of Microsoft. It knows that its future, both as a business and as an idea (and Google's always been both), hinges on the continued rapid expansion of the usefulness of the Internet, which in turn hinges on the continued rapid expansion of the capabilities of web apps, which in turn hinges on rapid improvements in the workings of web browsers.
Television - Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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IT'S been more than eight years since "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" made its first foray into presidential politics with the presciently named Indecision 2000, and the difference in the show's approach to its coverage then and now provides a tongue-in-cheek measure of the show's striking evolution.
Stoooopid .... why the Google generation isn't as smart as it thinks - Times Online - 0 views
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“The next generation will not grieve because they will not know what they have lost,” says Bill McKibben, the great environmentalist.
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“I feel that much of my life is ebbing away in the tide of minute-by-minute distraction . . . I’m not certain what the effect on the world will be. But psychologists do say that intense close engagement with things does provide the most human satisfaction.” The psychologists are right. McKibben describes himself as “loving novelty” and yet “craving depth”, the contemporary predicament in a nutshell.
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The digital age is destroying us by ruining our ability to concentrate.
Dude, you stole my article. - By Jody Rosen - Slate Magazine - 1 views
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How I investigated a suspicious alt weekly.
How Newsrooms Throw Away Value By Not Linking To Sources On The Web - Publishing 2.0 - 2 views
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A lot of research can go into a piece of reporting, and in print the value of that research can only be passed on through brief quotes or references. But on the web, no longer limited by finite column inches, newsrooms can create huge value for readers by providing links to the source material that journalists have gathered.
Is Google A Content Company? Of Course It Is. So What Should Publishers Do? - 0 views
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For the past week, I've been fielding calls about Google's new content play, called Knol, "killing" Mahalo. Knol stands for "unit of Knowledge" and it's a very well-designed Wikipedia/Mahalo style content publishing play. It's very similar to the New York Times' forgotten About.com, Seth Godin's spam-filled Squidoo, the flawed-but-fascinating Wikipedia, and of course my new project Mahalo.com.
Predict The Future On WashingtonPost.com - 0 views
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Think you've got the gift of foresight? The Washington Post has partnered with Predictify, an online polling service, to create a "Prediction Center" that allows readers to vote on possible outcomes for selected stories. Users will be able to leave their predictions and discuss their beliefs on an integrated comment thread, with the most accurate participants appearing on a leaderboard. You can access the main Predictify hub here.
The Wall Street Journal Online - Leisure & Arts - 0 views
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Hunter S. Thompson died as he lived.
Hugh Martin - 0 views
The Atlantic Online | July/August 2008 | Mr. Murdoch Goes to War | Mark Bowden - 0 views
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Rupert Murdoch wants his Wall Street Journal to displace The New York Times as the world's paper of record. His ambitions could be good news for the newspaper industry- or another nail in the coffin of serious journalism.
Why the media is on the move - BizTech - Technology - theage.com.au - 0 views
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Mobile phones are changing the future of news, reports Stephen Quinn.
Great Photo on Flickr? Getty Images Might Pay You For It - Bits - Technology - New York... - 0 views
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If you are a photographer with high-quality images posted on Yahoo's Flickr service, you may soon get an e-mail inviting you to become a paid contributor to Getty Images, the world's largest distributor of pictures and video.
Connecting The Dots Of The Web Revolution - Publishing 2.0 - 0 views
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The problem with the AP isn't really about linking, it's about quoting. And the problem with quoting is that, now that anyone can publish any thought or idea on the web, and anyone can link to it or reproduce it, the whole notion of quoting and citation has been completely turned on its head.
