Howard Rheingold is one of my heroes – one of the most original and essential thinkers on collaboration, education and the web. Howard talks about essential media literacies and at the top of that list he places Attention. Here are two videos where he talks about why – like us, he thinks it’s so important.
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Mind games
I recently was asked to write a piece for the newspaper which formed the programme for the recent Hide&Seek weekender. I think play and games is a really important part of meditation and this is what I wrote: You probably can’t read that so I’ve included the text down here. You can also listen to [...]
Talking about Meditation Episode 1: Pay Attention!
Talking about Meditation is a new video series by us here at H&N HQ. Episode 1 is called all about paying attention. It’s short, punchy and yes, lo-fi. Let us know what you think.
The missing middle of modern meditation
I have a lot of conversations about meditation. And over the last few years, as the mainstream interest in meditation has grown and I’ve met more and more people wanting to learn the practice and the theory of meditation – and in particular mindfulness-based meditation – the supply to satisfy the demand of that interest [...]
H&N presenting at barcamp Glasgow
We’ve been invited to give a short Ignite-style presentation at this Friday’s “barcamp” Glasgow event hosted by Interactive Scotland and although they might not make any sense for now, here are the slides that Rohan will be using. Where meditation meets modern life – for Rapid Fire session at “barcamp” Glasgow
Top 10 trends explaining Why This? Why Now?
If you were to ask us what are the 10 most relevant trends which point to the Here&Now Project having to do what it does then our answer’d go a little something like this. So in no particular order… 1. Positive psychology. This is the (relatively) new and emerging school of psychology which takes the [...]
Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco
There is a conference going on this weekend in Silicon Valley called Wisdom 2.0 and by the look of it’s twitter stream, it’s pretty extraordinary. It’s a three day event where leading technologists from the companies that even your gran would’ve hear of (Twitter, Google, Facebook etc) are thrown in a melting pot with along [...]
Brain-training not all that, BBC says
So-called brain training games have been a phenomenon of recent years with a Nintendo DS-bound gamer a common sight on underground train systems worldwide, tapping away furiously in the understanding that they were not only having fun but also improving their neurology. But research this week by the BBC has shown that such games do [...]
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