Comedian Aziz Ansari on quitting the Internet, deleting a number of apps like email, Twitter and Instagram from his devices: … Whenever you check for a new post on Instagram or whenever you go on The New York Times to see if there’s a new thing, it’s not even about the content. It’s just about […]
Tag Archives: Reading
My Still Missing Reading Habit
A few months ago I posted about my reading habit, or lack thereof. Unfortunately, I haven’t made much of a dent in making reading more of a habit. So before the year ends, I’ll have to make a better effort to include reading in my day. One thing I realized once I started trying to […]
My Missing Reading Habit
Even though I didn’t put it on my list of habits this year, I want to read more. I trimmed my list at the start of the year, but haven’t made any progress. No books completed yet. When I sit down to read, I stumble from Twitter link to Twitter link, from blog to blog. This […]
A Text Playlist
I stumbled across a Frank Chimero post from 2010 called “Text Playlist” recently. He says: … I keep what I perceive to be a more valuable, important morgue file: one made of the best writing on the web I come across. I take this list and revisit and reread it every 4 to 8 weeks. […]
Five Takeaways from Reading Steve Jobs
I just finished reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. It’s an amazing read, and I enjoyed it immensely. Some techies may not appreciate it as much as they could because it isn’t technical. You won’t read about all the ins and outs of making the iPhone or iPad, but you will read about the big […]
Here’s My Media Diet
We know that media consumption habits have changed and evolved tremendously. But have you thought about yours lately? It’s an interesting thought, I think. The Atlantic Wire has a cool series called Media Diet, where staffers interview top thinkers about what they read. I stumbled across one of the stories, what Jay Rosen reads, via […]