How I Won My Battle With Tech Burnout
I’d worked with tech all my career and suddenly I found myself experiencing tech burnout. These are the steps I took to bring myself back from the brink....
17
Jul
Tech Addiction
01
Jul
How social media gets us hooked
It’s not news that we love to talk about ourselves, but what else can explain social media addiction and its powerful pull for us? Social media is one big slot machine for the brain. And we're all hooked....
18
Jun
What is Nomophobia?
If you find yourself patting your pocket anxiously throughout your day to check you still have your phone, or explode with rage or stress when you can't find it then you might just be suffering from nomophobia. Never heard of it? You will do....
07
Jun
Will Apple and Google really fix our internet addiction?
Apple showcases 'Screen Time', Google launches 'Digital Wellbeing'. Will these two tech giants solve our internet addiction? Or is fighting tech with tech ignoring the bigger question about how the way we use tech is making so many people anxious and unhappy....
10
May
Think Our Technology Addiction Isn’t Bad For Our Mental Health? The Evidence is Overwhelming
Young people are struggling more than ever with a crisis of confidence and anxiety, and the accelerating downward turn in their mental wellbeing correlates with increased use of technology over exactly the same period. Heavy tech use is bad for mental health: the evidence is...
08
May
The Social Media Paradox: It Sells us Connection but Sucks Our Attention
Social media networks say they are all about connecting people. But they have warped into distraction engines which suck hours of our attention - taking us away from those we could be connecting with....
24
Apr
Are You a Toilet Texter?
With every addiction, there’s a recognition moment. Maybe it’s 10am and you’re cracking open a bottle of Stella; maybe you’re lighting one cigarette off of another; maybe you have replaced the bread in your sandwiches for potato waffles. Whether it's food, alcohol, cigarettes or technology,...
12
Apr
Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Hearing Showed Little But How Out of Touch U.S Lawmakers are with Big Tech
Disconnected and asking the wrong questions - that's the simplest way to sum up the attempts of U.S lawmakers to question Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in his Congressional hearing. Supposed to be a seminal moment in re-balancing Facebook's power, the two days passed without Zuckerberg breaking much...
11
Apr
Is the Time Spent on Your Phone Really Time Well Spent?
At our latest count in the UK, 18-24-year-old women are now spending 88.5 hours a month looking at their smartphones. This might seem shockingly high, but stop to think that the average use across all age groups is now 65.3 hours a month on a...
03
Apr
The real Facebook scandal is not about our data, but our time and attention
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has moved into a phase of attempting to show everything that is bad about Facebook's data practices. The huge collection of data by tech companies has dominated most of the conversation, moving into the brash memos of executives who probably should...