Image by lusi A couple of days ago, I posted a link on my various social media pages to this particular article, in which it is posited that social media is actually making us lonely. Author Jessica Hazel points out that “we tirelessly tweet and update alone from our bedrooms and offices whilst feeling that […]
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Do More by Being Busy
There is an axiom attributed to Lucille Ball that “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.” I can see the logic behind it – a busy person already has a To Do list, probably organised according to priority, and it’s a simple enough task to add another item. Give it […]
Feedly as a Reader replacement
Last week I blogged about the move by Google to ditch Google Reader. I explained how I was looking for an alternative, and I was trialling Feedly, both on a desktop computer and on my Android phone. One of the reasons I chose Feedly was because it works as an extension through Chrome, whereas some […]
Goodbye Google Reader
I was more than a little surprised when I logged into Google Reader on Thursday to be confronted with a message that the service would be closing in July, apparently due to a “lack of use”. I haven’t been keeping up with things so hadn’t heard rumblings of this, but apparently it’s been slated for […]
Terry Deary wants to abolish libraries
Newcastle City Library Last week, I spotted a tweet from Neil Gaiman, calling Terry Deary selfish and avaricious for his attitude towards libraries. He’d included a link to the Guardian’s website, so I clicked through to have a look. What I saw shocked me. Deary appears to have a thing against libraries because they’re losing […]
Improving productivity
I’m quite a fan of the Brain Pickings blog, and last week they featured this animated video about the science of productivity, from AsapSCIENCE. The main points raised by the video are; Willpower can be depleted, so simply convincing yourself to ‘try harder’ won’t work; Starting a project is the biggest barrier to actually […]
