Linda Stone on attention in the age of web overload. This 2006 talk is remarkably prescient. The addled, distracted feeling she described five years ago as “continuous partial attention” feels like a permanent condition now.
Video
Mark Twain on film
Mark Twain at his Connecticut home in 1909.
Bird vs. Magic
If you’re a hoop fan of [cough] a certain age, this HBO documentary on Magic and Bird is great. You can watch it on YouTube for now, beginning here. Do it soon, before they take it down.
How to Balance Work and Family
Nigel Marsh: How to Balance Work and Family
Steichen’s WWII photographers
More on Steichen here.
Record Club: Need You Tonight
“Need You Tonight” (INXS cover) – Record Club. More information about Beck’s Record Club project here.
Wanda Jackson: Thunder on the Mountain
Wanda Jackson – “Thunder on the Mountain” (with Jack White) (via myonetruevine)
How to give a TED talk
A short documentary about what it takes to give a TED Talk.
“The thing is not to get self-conscious. It’s just like playing the piano. If you play the piano and suddenly start looking at your fingers … the music will stop.”
— Sir Ken Robinson