Attention

Phone in the Toilet?

Linda Stone | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living


Linda Stone

Last week, a high school sophomore told me that she brings her phone into the shower with her -- in a Ziploc bag. She didn't want to miss an incoming text message.

Is it Time to Retire the Never-Ending List?

Linda Stone | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living


Linda Stone

As I was scanning a long list that I was adding to endlessly, I realized, "I'll never get it all done. That's probably just fine. But this endless list and this feeling of being completely scheduled...it's not working right now."

Fine Dining with Mobile Devices

Linda Stone | Posted 01.09.2008 | Living


Linda Stone

People often say we're multi-tasking ourselves to death. Is that really what we're doing? I call what we're doing today continuous partial attention.

Of Tent Revivals, Wayward Husbands and Chicken Dinners

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.24.2007 | Living


Steven Denlinger

I used to think that people make decisions logically. Jantzi understood better. Jantzi understood the power of tears.


 

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