In the beautifully conceived and executed “How Books Help Us Stop Living in the Shallows” in Thrive, Arianna Huffington takes the time to tell us how the electronic age is rewiring our brains: and not in a good way. Huffington writes that our “new way of taking in information is driving our inability to focus and reflect deeply because it’s also altering the underlying architecture in our brains.“ Asa result, as a culture, we’re reading […]
You might have noticed that January Magazine took an unexpected time out. In the process of moving to a bigger, better and fancier server, something went terribly wrong and we were down for about 12 hours. Looks like we’re back now and stronger than ever (do to that fancy new server) but if you see a bit of a mess here or there, let us know. We still have a bit to clean up. Photo […]
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is on its way experts suggest it’s going to change everything. A recent conceit, the phrase was coined in 2015 was first introduced by then executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab. Smartypants Technology Report talks about the Fourth Industrial Revolution in an article about a recently published book on the topic called Fightback: How to Win in the Digital Economy with Platforms, Ventures and Entrepreneurs. Digitalization is the […]
Immersive education counters the systematic barriers that impede the application of effective education strategy in Nigeria and opens up new horizons for enabling sustained access to quality education” — Dr. Sana Farid, CEO & Co-Founder Munfarid – Mulhimat – VRXOne VRXOne is a state-of-the-art Immersive Education Program created by Munfarid, an innovation firm specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality. The company’s program targets K-12, higher education, non-formal education, and even special […]
(Editor’s note: This review comes from Ben Terrall, a writer based in San Francisco, California, whose work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Bay View, In These Times, CounterPunch, and Noir City. Terrall last wrote for January Magazine about How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, by Jason Stanley.) In recent years a plethora of books have been published about the rise of Silicon Valley’s giant technology companies. Some […]
At a time when many of us are discovering the price we’ve had to pay for constant electronic connection, as a culture we are also rediscovering the slow reward brought on by reading a book. Some mental health experts even have a name for it: Bibliotherapy. Because it turns out that, along with everything else it does, reading a book is good for what ails you. From Stylist: Reading a book is one of life’s […]
Ready for a new network for talent discovery and collaboration? Wait no longer: Daisie has arrived. From Tech Crunch: Actress Maisie Williams, best known for her role as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones, is the latest celeb to venture into tech entrepreneurship, with the launch of a new company aimed at connecting creatives, called Daisie. Available later this summer as a mobile app, Daisie will offer a platform where creators can network, like, share […]
Thinking about throwing out that old typewriter? Think again. Long a topic of careful and considered industrial design, collectors are getting wind of the fact that the seemingly obsolete typewriter is a thing of collectible beauty. From Christie’s blog: The museum community has long recognised their significance. A Roger Tallon retrospective on view at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris earlier this year showed how the French designer worked on jolly-looking Japy typewriters as […]
Wish you could read more quickly? There’s an app for that. From Quill & Quire: Boston-based tech company Spritz has developed a technology that replaces digital pages with quick-streaming text, thereby eliminating time-consuming “inefficient eye movements.” According to the company’s website, some test subjects were tracked reading 900 words per minute, thanks to a process referred to as “spritzing.” At that pace, the company claims Atlas Shrugged could be read in a day. Read the […]
Despite increasingly strident warnings over the last decade that the physical book is taking a dive, signs that the opposite is true continue to rise. The latest of these voices comes from PolicyMic with an article by Shan Wang called “How Book Porn is Actually Revolutionizing the Book World.” If you’re one of those who are tired of hearing all the doom and gloom around books and reading, this is one you’ll want to peek […]
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