How not to let media use interfere with personal relationships
“Everywhere we go, we carry with us options far more enticing than the place and moment we happen to be standing within …”
This is a comment by Josh Pulman (cited in Maloney 2017) regarding his photography project, Somewhere Else, in which he captured images of people being together in shared public spaces yet in another space created by their own electronic devices Continue reading “Be Present – Self-Regulation of Media Use”
Staying focused is getting harder and harder, isn’t it?
This is one of my all-time favourite TED Talks – Tim Urban perfectly captured the process of procrastinating, particularly the distractions influencing us during any task, be it a really insignificant or remarkably important one. (Some of us might have trouble staying focused throughout this 15-minute video, I’m quite certain about that.) Continue reading “Just. Stay. Focuse- ooh this looks interesting I wonder what it is and that seems pretty cool too and…”
Where do we draw the line to taking pictures of strangers in public spaces?
As suggested this week in BCM241, I did something I very usually do yet rarely put any thoughts into it. I took pictures of strangers using media in public spaces. Continue reading “A Squiggly Line – on Taking Pictures in Public Spaces”
The Specs 