11 days ago by Star

... that I put off blogging about because… well, you know. It’s probably a little scattered for that reason; I beg your indulgence. Do digital diaries mess up your brain? If we rely on technology for documenting, sorting and storing information — creating digital diaries, or “lifestreaming” — what ...

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15 days ago by bizzida

Life logging seems to be the culmination of a multitude of technologies, mainly that of mobile digital video. This article from CNN presents a few arguments, one of which is that by digitally archiving everything, we will lose some of our capacity to remember, thus ...

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17 days ago by friends10

... Mumbai attacks: One year on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8379828.stm 2. Exercise ‘no cure’ for heavy drinking damage http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8379608.stm 3. Dame Julie Andrews to make UK stage return http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8378167.stm National stories: 4. ...

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25 days ago by KJ

... why have I jumped up about half a dozen times while writing this post to help people with the printer and the copy machine? Are digital diaries bad for our brains? The idea, I suppose, is that if we outsource our memory to the Internet and portable devices, we'll lose "muscle tone" in our ...

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26 days ago by Brittany Alexander

... professor of psychology at Dartmouth College. The invention of the calculator eliminates the need to memorize multiplication and division. Hand-held devices such as smart phones and PDAs have eliminated the need to remember phone numbers and to-do lists. But none of these task-replacing devices ...

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32 days ago by friends10

... 1. Conjoined twins op ’successful’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8362903.stm 2. UK children ‘trafficked for sex’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8362951.stm 3. Registering the world’s ‘invisible’ millions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8359477.stm National stories: 4. Palin ...

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39 days ago by friends10

... 1. Leaders’ call to action in Berlin http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8351673.stm 2. Obama and PM Netanyahu hold talks http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8350724.stm 3. Alarm at Zimbabwe’s growing child sex abuse http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8349788.stm National stories: 4. US sniper ...

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39 days ago by Michael

... than being tethered to an ever-more-detailed past [forgetting] helps us act and evaluate and live in the present.” See also: “ Do digital diaries mess up your brain?.” Digital technologies create opportunities for “greater, moment-by-moment record-keeping,” but: Being able to compress a lot of ...

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41 days ago by mediamocracy

CNN had an article last week on how we use technologies as archives of our past Do digital diaries mess up your brain? (yes it is indeed a very sloppy title!): “…today’s technology creates opportunities for greater, moment-by-moment record-keeping. ...

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42 days ago by mhackman

This recent article on cnn.com caught my eye. Maybe I thought I’d find an answer to why my brain is “messed up!” Essentially it asks several questions: “What is the ...

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