There are two types of people in the world: those with hundreds of unread messages, and those who can’t relax until their inboxes are cleared out.
Read the full story on the Atlantic website.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Digital Spy: “Learn about parasites in free university course inspired by The Strain” (Ziv mentioned)
May 13, 2015
The 3-week course will teach students about biological parasites and cyber attacks.
The course will be taught by a team from the UC Irvine faculty: Pavan Kadandale, molecular biology and biochemistry; Hadar Ziv, information and computer science; and Sarah Eichhorn, physical sciences.
Read the full story on the Digital Spy website.
Fast Company: “These Simple Tricks Will Help You Regain Your Dwindling Focus” (Mark quoted)
The very technology driving us to distraction can help us refocus and be productive.
Your lack of focus isn’t likely to be a case of adult onset attention deficit disorder, according to ADD expert Dr. Ned Halloway. That’s a condition diagnosed in only about 5% of the population. Instead, professor Gloria Mark of the University of California, Irvine, who has studied distraction and its effects on productivity, argues that we can point the finger on the very technology that enables our work.
Read the full story on the Fast Company website.
The Conversation: “Teens without smartphones encounter a new digital divide ” by Mimi Ito
May 5, 2015
In this digital age, we have assumed that smartphones and apps are the new normal for youth.
A recently released Pew Research Center report on teens and technology further corroborates this belief by showing that 88% of US teens have access to a mobile phone. Of these, 73% have smartphones and 15% only a basic cell phone.
But it’s worth pausing to consider what online participation looks like for the 15% of teens with basic cell phones or the 12% who don’t have access to any form of mobile phone and what kind of a new “digital divide” might be emerging.
In other words, low-income teens are unable to participate in the social media conversations of their wealthier peers.
Our team at the University of California, Irvine, has been conducting research and developing programs in coding and digital media for these less-connected youth. The nationally representative sample in the Pew data provides context for these populations of urban teens who we work with day-to-day in Southern California.
Read the full story on the Conversation website.