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By PHYLLIS KORKKI
Published: New York Times December 31, 2011
IT’S a far different work world today than it was even 10 years ago. Technology and the economy have converged to create a set of priorities and preoccupations that are unique to our times. Here are just a few workplace and employment issues that are likely to stir debate, frustration and a search for solutions this year.
DEVICE BACKLASH As workers add more electronic devices, Web sites, software programs and apps to their arsenals, there is a point at which efficiency and satisfaction suffer. More devices can lead to more multitasking, ...
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By PICO IYER New York Times January 2012
LAST year, I flew to Singapore to join the writer Malcolm Gladwell, the fashion designer Marc Ecko and the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister in addressing a group of advertising people on “Marketing to the Child of Tomorrow.” Soon after I arrived, the chief executive of the agency that had invited us took me aside. What he was most interested in, he began — I braced myself for mention of some next-generation stealth campaign — was stillness.
A few months later, I read an interview with the perennially cutting-edge designer Philippe Starck. ...
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Essentially mastering is a step between the recording studio and whatever format that recording will use. i.e. CD, LP, MP3, Cassette etc.The artist delivers the finished recording to a mastering engineer who performs a number of subtle operations on it. These usually include equalization (Bass and Treble), compression of dynamic range, and volume level adjustments.Ideally each recording is mastered specifically for a particular format. How you would master a recording for vinyl will differ from how you master it for a quality digital format.Consider the groove of a record as a rutted road that the stylus must ...
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In the 60’s there was a cartoon show called the Jetsons. It was set in the future and the basic premise was that technology had come so far that there was essentially nothing for humans to do. Cars drove themselves. They would push a button in their kitchen and a full course dinner would pop out. Afterwards, a robot would come and clean everything up. There was a button, machine, or robot for everything. The Jetson family basically sat around and did nothing but push buttons.
Funny thing is, the projection about the “labor saving devices” of the future was ...
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We have all had moments when we were doing something and one (or more!) of our electronic devices tells us that someone is trying to get a hold of us. I want to give you permission to ignore these interruptions if you prefer, but more importantly, impress upon you the importance of seeking, cherishing and protecting moments of enjoyment and distraction.
Let’s say that it’s the evening and you have settled in to watch that movie you have been meaning to watch for days. Your friends have been telling you that it is really good. You had a busy day ...
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I get asked why I am not on Facebook. I don’t participate in any social networking sites. I don’t Tweet or Twitter either.
The reason is very simple. I have been social networking all my adult life. Radio is the original social network and most people know where I am and what I am doing. With the advent of the Internet, my access to people, music, photographs etc. has jumped exponentially. To me, the social networking sites are piling on and I just don’t need any more things to do. Being contacted by old friends and people from the past ...
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I am starting a movement. It will be a very important and very pleasurable movement. I call it “Incommunicado.”
Many of you are familiar with the word. You may recognize its root word as “communication” but may be confused by the “in” prefix, because in this case “in” means out.
Incommunicado means “out of communication”, not connected to any communications technology, reachable only by human contact.
I was born in 1950 and have spent a great deal of my life incommunicado as a natural way of being. Most people over 30 years old were the same way. We didn’t grow ...
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Everything that I say on the radio or write here is based on my own personal experiences. The things that I suggest are all things that I do myself. If you haven’t already noticed, I am a person that has given a great deal of thought to many things and I am confident that what I offer can work for most of you and that I have rigorously tested the ideas that I present.
However, I do not insist that my ways are the only ways that work. I also don’t believe that my ways are the “right” ways. This ...
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Why is it important that we become “unplugged”? Why do I dedicate a whole blog to the importance of being able to totally disconnect yourself from your technology on a regular basis? Why do I maintain that the best things in life don’t come down wires or over the airwaves?
There are many reasons. There will be many more blogs about this. Let’s get started.
I have learned over the years that I do my best thinking when I am calm. The calmer I am, the better I can think. Using another brain/computer analogy; the fewer “programs” I have open ...
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In this blog my main idea is that we need to control our technology rather than have it control us. The ultimate goal is to learn that some of the best experiences in life, true inspiration, do not come from technology. What then, are these things, and how do we go about getting them?
The most important thing to understand is that the best things in life aren’t things.
The most important things in life are feelings. If you would seriously consider this for a moment you may realize that this idea is so obvious. What good is it ...
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