Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (4)
March 31st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
In my three previous postings, I have highlighted the Richard Dimbleby Lecture delivered this week by Martha Lane Fox which called for the creation of a new body to promote digital inclusion and debate Internet issues. Somebody who heard the speech live is Lord (Jim) Knight who chairs the Tinder Foundation on whose Board I […]
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Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (3)
March 31st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
In my previous posting, I provided a link to the full text of the Richard Dimbleby Lecture given this week by Martha Lane Fox. If you don’t have time to read the speech. you can read a summary of her views in this column in today’s “Guardian” newspaper. She begins her piece: “Britain could be […]
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Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (2)
March 31st, 2015 by Roger Darlington
In my previous posting, I linked to a preview by Martha Lane Fox of her planned Richard Dimbleby Lecture. The speech was delivered at the Science Museum and broadcast on the BBC. It contains much food for though and one big idea: the creation of a new institution called DOT EVERYONE. You can read the […]
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Why we need a DOT EVERYONE (1)
March 30th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
Martha Lane Fox, formerly the Government’s Champion for Digital Inclusion and now CEO of Go ON UK, is giving the Annual Richard Dimbleby Lecture this evening. She will call for the establishment of a new public body to debate Internet issues which she has dubbed DOT EVERYONE and she has provided a blog preview of […]
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What do you know about the Internet of things?
February 25th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
My latest IT column provides a short introduction to this fascinating subject. Check it out here.
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Why the modern world is bad for your brain
January 18th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
“Our brains are busier than ever before. We’re assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting. At the same time, we are all doing more. Thirty years ago, travel agents made our airline and rail […]
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If multitasking is scrambling our brains, what is the solution to information overload and the attention problems that it causes?
January 18th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
“We need to blinker ourselves, to better monitor our attentional focus. Enforced periods of no email or internet to allow us to sustain concentration have been shown to be tremendously helpful. And breaks – even a 15-minute break every two or three hours – make us more productive in the long run. Also, prioritising tasks […]
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How can afternoon naps help our brains to work more efficiently?
January 18th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
“The brain has an attentional mode called the “mind wandering mode” that was only recently identified. This is when thoughts move seamlessly from one to another, often to unrelated thoughts, without you controlling where they go. This brain state acts as a neural reset button, allowing us to come back to our work with a […]
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What does your password say about you?
December 9th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
I write a regular column on IT matters for a trade union magazine and the latest piece looks at the fascinating subject of passwords. How people choose their password often tells us something interesting about them. Check out my column here.
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The secret world of passwords
November 26th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Love them or hate them, we have to have them, lots of them. So this article from the “New York Times” is a fascinating look at this normally secret world. This is an extract from the piece: “Several years ago, I began asking my friends and family to tell me their passwords. I had come […]
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