Podcast appearances and mentions of Nicholas G Carr

Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by Nicholas G. Carr (2025) vs The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes (2025)

“We’re having less enjoyable travel experiences, even as our photos show us having this amazing time, because we’re performing a version of travel for people who aren’t even there.” In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and David talk about the time-honored Americans pretending to be Canadian on the road, and why Americans at times have had a bad reputation abroad (2:30); strategies for avoiding becoming an “Ugly American” on the road (11:00); how a fixation with comfort can get in the way of life-enriching experiences on the road (18:30); how rituals like tipping, interacting with children, or choosing what to wear in public from culture to culture (22:00); how “voluntourism” and charity on the part of travelers is often not as selfless or effective as it pretends to be (30:00); how social media has a way of turning us into superficial, image-obsessed travelers (34:00); and how technology has transformed (and constrained) the way we all travel (39:00). David Martinez is an Associate Professor of Spanish and the director of the Center for Study Abroad at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. Notable Links: How to study abroad, even if you aren't a student (Deviate episode 221) The Vagabond’s Way, by Rolf Potts (book) Flag-jacking (the practice of travelers to be from someplace they’re not) Paris Writing Workshop (Rolf’s travel-memoir writing classes) The Comfort Crisis, by Michael Easter (book) Misogi (Japanese Shinto ritual) Voluntourism (short-term charity work for travelers) Picturesque (aesthetic ideal) The Shallows, by Nicholas G. Carr (book) The Scent of Time, by Byung-Chul Han (book) George Fox Talks (podcast) The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don't host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at deviate@rolfpotts.com.

Sage erfindet sich als reines SaaS-Unternehmen neu. Was das bedeutet und wie die Veränderungen von statten gehen berichtet im Interview der Executive Vice President Andreas Zipser. Viel Vergnügen! Empfehlungen: Factfulness: Wie wir lernen, die Welt so zu sehen, wie sie wirklich ist Nicholas G. Carr: IT doesn’t matter Verwandte Folgen: Folge 34 – Der Goldfisch im Internet Folge 36 – Wer cloud meine Daten? Folge 43 – Anforderungen an ein ERP-System in der Cloud Folge 44 – Microsoft in der Cloud: Azure, Dynamics365, Office365 & Co Folge 64 – E-Commerce as a Service Wenn Ihnen unsere Folgen gefallen, dann freuen wir uns über eine 5-Sterne-Bewertung, damit auch andere auf diesen Podcast aufmerksam werden und wir das Angebot weiter verbessern können. Zeitaufwand: 1-2 Minuten. Link zur Seite hier. In diesem Sinne: keep connected. Herzlichst Ihr Axel Winkelmann

Sage erfindet sich als reines SaaS-Unternehmen neu. Was das bedeutet und wie die Veränderungen von statten gehen berichtet im Interview der Executive Vice President Andreas Zipser. Viel Vergnügen! Empfehlungen: Factfulness: Wie wir lernen, die Welt so zu sehen, wie sie wirklich ist Nicholas G. Carr: IT doesn’t matter Verwandte Folgen: Folge 34 – Der Goldfisch im Internet Folge 36 – Wer cloud meine Daten? Folge 43 – Anforderungen an ein ERP-System in der Cloud Folge 44 – Microsoft in der Cloud: Azure, Dynamics365, Office365 & Co Folge 64 – E-Commerce as a Service Wenn Ihnen unsere Folgen gefallen, dann freuen wir uns über eine 5-Sterne-Bewertung, damit auch andere auf diesen Podcast aufmerksam werden und wir das Angebot weiter verbessern können. Zeitaufwand: 1-2 Minuten. Link zur Seite hier. In diesem Sinne: keep connected. Herzlichst Ihr Axel Winkelmann

Did Jesus dream of Electric Sheep?  Probably not.  But how should Christians think about their relationship to technology in an age of mass distraction? In this episode, Justin Lee (contributing columnist for the Independent and Literary Editor for ARC Digital) and I sit down for a candid conversation about attention, screens, device addiction, social media, passive consumption, and all sorts of other things that can distract us to death if we are not thoughtful and intentional about our practices.  In this first part of our conversation, we focus on children, parents, and families before broadening the connections to everyone and everyday life. This is a practical, honest conversation I think anyone can benefit from.   Warning for Parents: We touch (very briefly) on some heavy things like adolescent suicide, bullying, and pornography use. So maybe listen first before deciding if your children should hear these things.   Here's a reading list: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport The Shallows: How the Internet is Changing the Way We Think, Read, and Remember by Nicholas G. Carr The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place by Andy Crouch Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood by Dr. Jean Twenge

Robert Plotkin is an engineer, mindfulness practitioner, and the founder of Technology for Mindfulness. His background in computer science and engineering dates back over thirty years to his days programming an Atari 800 personal computer, through a degree in Computer Science and Engineering at MIT, and nearly two decades as a patent attorney specializing in patent protection for computer technology. His relationship to Zen Buddhism stems primarily from his study of Japanese martial arts for more than three decades. He is a graduate of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program at the Center for Mindfulness and practices mindfulness meditation. His fascination with the relationship and interactions between computer technology and the mind is reflected in his book on the automation of creativity in the field of inventing, The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business (Stanford, 2009). Contact Info Company: Technology For Mindfulness Website: www.TechnologyForMindfulness.com Podcast: http://technologyformindfulness.com/podcast Look for Robert's new program: Tap Into Mindfulness (Available Soon) Most Influential Person Jack Kornfield Joseph Goldstein, one of the first American vipassana teachers, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg Also Nicholas G. Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has changed the way I deal with my emotions. This is where I think the stillness aspect of mindfulness is really helpful. I talked a lot earlier about action and martial arts, in doing that you engage a lot of action, movement of the body. I think for me, sitting meditation has been very helpful in dealing with emotions. Not just being able to notice what they are, but accept that they're there. Before I did sitting meditation, I engaged in a lot of trying to change difficult or negative emotions. For me, sitting meditation has really, really been helpful. When you say dealing with emotion, just being able to be more aware of what they actually are at any given moment, being able to accept them and notice them without being able to change them. I'm sure you know from your own mindfulness practice, sometimes that results in them lingering for awhile and sometimes I found that paying attention to them or even diving into them can result in them dissipating or changing in some way. I'm always working on accepting in advance that whatever the outcome is, it is. Thoughts on Breathing Breathing is a very, very big part of my mindfulness practice. Always has been. Even from the martial arts training; breathing really fairly fundamental and it's been interesting for me to do sitting meditation. Certainly there are some similarities and differences between how I think breath is approached in the two. In my experience in martial arts training, we do pay attention to the breath. If I can paint it in broad strokes, there is more of a goal or pragmatic aspect to working on and somewhat improving the breath. We work on deepening it, we work on being able to maintain it as more of an even keel. We work on being able to breathe more deeply. Part of it is to develop physical power. There is a pragmatic goal, so to speak, at least as part of the martial arts training and the breath. And so it's definitely been interesting to me to come at the breath and sitting meditation from a different perspective. Although sometimes when I'm doing sitting meditation I will form the intention of both noticing the breath and if I notice that it's shallow, I will relax. But I also some of the time, will merely notice what it is without trying to change it. That's been a different experience for me. Certainly in martial arts training, we often say that it begins and ends with the breath. I think for all the same reasons, I mean breath is the foundation of life. Everything else stops when you're not breathing. And so, that's always been a really significant part, and I do return to the breath. In fact, I did just go back to a meditation teacher who I really rely on for a lot of guidance and was asking her about focusing on the breath and how I hear a lot of instruction these days that seem to imply to me that we should always return to the breath. I've found that in my own practice, I'm at a point where sometimes if I'm experiencing and aware of a difficult emotion that returning to the breath can feel like a distraction. Suggested Resources Book: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains byNicholas G. Carr App: N/A

In this session, we will cover the basic concept of Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is a general term used to describe a new class of network-based computing that takes place over the Internet, we will also review the description of the essential characteristics, deployment modes, and service models that characterize cloud computing. In Harvard Business Review May 2003 by Nicholas G. Carr Carr argued that in the future companies will purchase information technology as a utility service from outside suppliers. The formal definition of Cloud Computing: Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model is composed of five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models. IN THIS SESSION, WE WILL LEARN: What is Cloud Computing? What term does Cloud mean and formal definition of Cloud? What are the essential characteristics of Cloud computing What are the deployment modes What are the Service Models https://www.otechtalks.tv/basic-concept-of-cloud-computing/