Showing posts with label The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Your Brain on Computers from WAMU: The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Tech Tuesday Podcast

Every day Americans navigate a torrent of data. We field a barrage of work and personal emails. We update our status and check on our friends. We surf across dozens of websites. Most of us are now expert multitaskers, but some worry we're creating a generation unable to focus on specific tasks. We speak with a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who is exploring whether technology is rewiring our brains.
Download the podcast here. See also: Hooked: A Thriller About Love and Other Addictions, Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Better Living Through Disruptive Technology from WAMU: The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Tech Tuesday Podcast

Technology is changing the way we live, work and interact with each other. Some critics worry that Google is making us stupid, that Twitter is eroding our people skills, and that social networks like Facebook are actually making us less social in the "real" world. Not so, says tech writer Nick Bilton. We talk with a techno-optimist about the positive impacts of "disruptive" technologies.
Listen to the full podcast here.