Nathan Nelson 
…results suggest that people do flit from one task to another more frequently than they did in previous decades, and that this switching is often detrimental to performance. But there is little evidence that the brain’s fundamental ability to concentrate has been impaired. This suggests that if we can shut down the distractions of our …
I put a camera out last night with some of the dog’s unwanted food (high quality, expensive stuff, turns out she’s happy with cheaper). Anyway, others appreciated it, and it was great to see one of our spiky buddies around.
Beautiful images from the recent NASA Artemis II mission; this is a favourite.
I sent my first email with Gmail on 24 December 2004. Big day. That was when Gmail was a beta, and you had to get an invitation to use it. Ooh, look at him. Gmail account. Almost 22 years and 46,000 emails (and that’s just the ones I kept) later, I’m winding my Gmail account …
A great video this from the Norwegian Consumer Council on enshittification. They’ve also released a report on enshittification and how to resist it, and written to Norwegian, EU, UK and US authorities on reversing the trend. Enshittification, a term first coined by Cory Doctorow, is the gradual process where online platforms draw users in by …
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