Has anyone written an article on the term "real time"-- where it comes from, how it's been used in the last few decades, and what it means today? In particular, I'm interested in how and when the "realness" of things like computer network and information flows became more "real" than those of more "natural" everyday human life.
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Contemplative computing may sound like an oxymoron, but it's really quite simple. It's about how to use information technologies and social media so they're not endlessly distracting and demanding, but instead help us be more mindful, focused and creative.
My book on contemplative computing, The Distraction Addiction, will be published by Little, Brown and Co. in August 2013. In the meantime, this 2011 talk is a good introduction to the project and its big ideas.
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About Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
I write about people, technology, and the worlds they make.
I'm a senior consultant at Strategic Business Insights, a Menlo Park, CA consulting and research firm. I also have two academic appointments: I'm a visitor at the Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford University, and an Associate Fellow at Oxford University's Saïd Business School.
I began thinking seriously about contemplative computing in the winter of 2011 while a Visiting Researcher in the Socio-Digital Systems Group at Microsoft Research, Cambridge.
My book on contemplative computing, The Distraction Addiction, will be published by Little, Brown and Company in 2013. (It will also appear in Dutch, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Korean in 2013 and 2014.)
My episodically-maintained personal blog is Relevant History; a c.v. of uncertain vintage is available as a PDF. I also have profiles on Linked In, Google Scholar, Academia.edu, and Amazon.
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My latest book, and the first book from the contemplative computing project. The Distraction Addiction will appear in summer 2013, published by Little, Brown and Co.. (You can pre-order it through Amazon or IndieBound now, though!)
My first book, Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions, was published with Stanford University Press in 2002 (order via Amazon).
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A Banquet of Consequences: Living in the “Nobody-Could-Have-Predicted” Era.
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Future Knowledge Ecosystems: The Next 20 Years of Technology-Led Economic Development
Eviatar Zeruvabel would be where I would start (Hidden Rhythms). There's a classic piece by Roy (1959-ish?) on 'banana time', but this is about combating monotony & job satisfaction.
Posted by: Peter | 11/14/2011 at 03:16 AM
Thanks very much, Peter! Ill have a look at these. Ive also been reading / pillaging the journal Time and Society, which has had some useful stuff, and have Zimbardos new book on time cued up. That might have something useful as well.
Posted by: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang | 11/14/2011 at 05:57 AM
Ah yes, the DF Roy piece on banana time. I had a colleague who wanted to write about jokes in the workplace that get out of hand, and call it A Banana Too Far. I hope the piece comes out....
Posted by: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang | 11/14/2011 at 06:03 AM