When a friend of mine moved from France to London last year, one local tradition left her perplexed.

It wasn't the British penchant for talking about the weather, or for apologizing when someone else steps on your toes.

It was that Londoners often eat while walking down the street.

Google seems like the last employer on earth that would promote slowness at work.

After all, this is a company that went from a twinkle in its founders' eyes to global supremacy in a just a few years. It pumps out new products at a dizzying rate. It is...

The other day a buddy of mine was making love to his new girlfriend when her iPhone beeped with an incoming text message. Like any guy, he hoped she would ignore the alert - or even fail to notice it altogether.

The opposite happened. The woman opened her eyes, grabbed...

Being Arianna's first pick is a tremendous honor and a huge thrill. It also serves up a delicious irony.

My book is called In Praise of Slowness. Yet the Huffington Post is a fleet-footed pioneer on the fastest communication platform ever devised. Not exactly a natural fit, are they?...