Using our digital devices to connect . . . and making time to disconnect.

Today's post is a link to a recent article in the Atlantic, by Jason Farman, who is the author of Mobile Interface Theory: Embodied Space and Locative Media, and an assistant professor in American Studies at the University of Maryland. Farman adresses some of Bruce and Fred's concerns from my two previous posts. He explains that the same concerns about disconnectivity resulting form contemporary technolgical devices have been raised througout history in response to all sorts of technological advancements that are largely seen as innocous today. However, he admits that there does seem to be something unique about today's devices which many of us can not seem to be without. This leads him to a suggestion made by William Powers, for everyone to find time to disconnect from these devices.  Here's the link to the article:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/the-myth-of-the-disconnected-life/252672/#.TzFKDswOG6s.twitter