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Crystal ball gazing is an appealing pastime for anyone, and for me the appeal lies in seeking out future trends within online and its application for real estate. The recent Real Estate Connect Conference gave me just such an opportunity through the presentation by Michael Rogers, whose role is the “Futurist-in-residence” at The New York Times.

Continuous partial attention is one of the side effects of mobile networked computing; it’s parasitic on our desires to feel connected to other people. “Continuous partial attention and multi-tasking are two different attention strategies, motivated by different impulses.

Putting your wallet where your goals are, two views of productivity, and the potential of an emerging content/media format are the blog-o-rific gleanings for this week. 1. Creative Construction is a delightful group blog, dedicated to helping women (mostly mothers) reach their creative goals.

It appears that Boris Omega, the organizer of the upcoming Next Web conference in Amsterdam, is taking on the dubious legacy of Walt Mossberg's D conference and the Nielsen "User Generated Content" folks, since the story going around is that he intends to limit Wifi access to only VIPs and selected bloggers in the main hall, so that attendees will...

For those who haven’t heard - “To pay continuous partial attention is to pay partial attention — CONTINUOUSLY. It is motivated by a desire to be a LIVE node on the network. Another way of saying this is that we want to connect and be connected.

Filed under: Features, E-mail, OfficePreviously in this series we discussed the user interface advancement of collapsing emails in the same thread together, and how that can help to deal with a high volume of incoming email.

are you breathing when you blog? tweet? or email? tip jody

“Continuous partial attention and multi-tasking are two different attention strategies, motivated by different impulses. When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient….In the case of continuous partial attention, we’re motivated by a desire not to miss anything.

Reduce Screen Time with 52 Nights Unplugged Writer and self-described internet addict Ariel Meadow Stallings wants to be "more present in the present," and for her that means reducing the amount of time she spends in front of the computer/TV/phone screen.

Writer and self-described internet addict Ariel Meadow Stallings wants to be "more present in the present," and for her that means reducing the amount of time she spends in front of the computer/TV/phone screen. To do just that, she's started a new, year-long project called 52 Nights Unplugged.