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Tech Off!: The Smart Guide To Becoming Technology Conscious
just like you who want to be in control, experience more choices, and even improve your attention.
It also reveals how every technology user can understand how to get your time back.
In fact, here's just a sample of what you'll discover in the pages of this brand new
... and much, MUCH More!
Tim Moorey will also reveal how life can survive and thrive without technology!
If you need, insight and encouragement from someone who’s been there and done that with getting your time back, then technology consciousness expert, Tim Moorey, is uniquely qualified to help you understand everything you need to know about taking technology breaks.
It also reveals how every technology user can understand how to get your time back.
In fact, here's just a sample of what you'll discover in the pages of this brand new
... and much, MUCH More!
Tim Moorey will also reveal how life can survive and thrive without technology!
If you need, insight and encouragement from someone who’s been there and done that with getting your time back, then technology consciousness expert, Tim Moorey, is uniquely qualified to help you understand everything you need to know about taking technology breaks.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 30, 2017
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September 11, 2017
There can be little question that technology has become highly pervasive in almost everyone’s lives over the last few decades. Some consider that this is a worrying trend; that the ubiquity of technology has led to people being forced to be constantly “on-line”, even when they are not supposed to be working. In a similar way, the technology used for entertainment reduces the opportunity for “down time” and creative thinking. This book considers those issues.
It has a slightly unusual approach; the text is written in the format of an interview, and takes an almost “stream of consciousness” style of writing, with a relaxed conversational process. This is broken up in an uneven fashion, with occasional one line sentences, mixed with longer paragraphs, presented in short lines across a page. There are a few chapter breaks, but these are not always the same length.
The book doesn’t make reference to any research material; this is a shame, as there have been some studies that would be appropriate to the topic. As such, the book is really about the author’s own beliefs, without any attempt to provide academic justification for the concepts. In addition, it could be thought that the advice being provided by the author is simply for everyone to turn off their devices; in fact, there are some limited suggestions of other options that would allow the reader to take a more mature approach to using technology, and reduce its intrusion into their lives.
I found the style of writing intriguing, if a little irritating at times. This was a shame, as I thought some of the arguments compelling. In particular, the concept of taking opportunities to allow the mind to wander in between tasks, as a way to generate creativity is well known to be effective. Equally, I felt disappointed that the discussion made many assumptions about how people work, and although I would agree these might be valid in some instances, it is not always the case.
In particular, it could be argued that there was one item barely discussed within the conversation; and that relates to appropriate levels of training for people to make the best use of their technology. In many of the points made by the author, it might be suggested that the end users had apparently not received the necessary instruction in order to gain the maximum benefit from their use.
As a book to stimulate a dialogue, this book might well be of value; but it does not quite seem to offer too many of the answers.
Review by A P Sutcliffe MSc CCI, MBCS
Originally posted: http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/...
It has a slightly unusual approach; the text is written in the format of an interview, and takes an almost “stream of consciousness” style of writing, with a relaxed conversational process. This is broken up in an uneven fashion, with occasional one line sentences, mixed with longer paragraphs, presented in short lines across a page. There are a few chapter breaks, but these are not always the same length.
The book doesn’t make reference to any research material; this is a shame, as there have been some studies that would be appropriate to the topic. As such, the book is really about the author’s own beliefs, without any attempt to provide academic justification for the concepts. In addition, it could be thought that the advice being provided by the author is simply for everyone to turn off their devices; in fact, there are some limited suggestions of other options that would allow the reader to take a more mature approach to using technology, and reduce its intrusion into their lives.
I found the style of writing intriguing, if a little irritating at times. This was a shame, as I thought some of the arguments compelling. In particular, the concept of taking opportunities to allow the mind to wander in between tasks, as a way to generate creativity is well known to be effective. Equally, I felt disappointed that the discussion made many assumptions about how people work, and although I would agree these might be valid in some instances, it is not always the case.
In particular, it could be argued that there was one item barely discussed within the conversation; and that relates to appropriate levels of training for people to make the best use of their technology. In many of the points made by the author, it might be suggested that the end users had apparently not received the necessary instruction in order to gain the maximum benefit from their use.
As a book to stimulate a dialogue, this book might well be of value; but it does not quite seem to offer too many of the answers.
Review by A P Sutcliffe MSc CCI, MBCS
Originally posted: http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/...
March 8, 2018
I was fortunate enough to be sent a review copy of this book for an unbiased opinion.
This is an unusual book in that’s it’s written in the form of a transcribed interview between the author and an interviewer. This makes for a quick, easy read.
The book is definitely not anti-tech. It’s a book about being mindful of how we use tech.
There are some great examples of how our attention span is being diminished by tech notifications, and the affect it has on us.
As a massive fan of tech myself, yet someone who is very mindful of how tech can use us, rather than us using tech, I agreed with the authors stance here.
I would have liked to have seen more references to scientific evidence of how tech can diminish our performance, rather than just the authors opinion.
I would have also liked to have seen more practical advice on how we can manage our tech use, beyond the basic common sense advice of turning our devices off.
Overall, however, this is a book about an important, yet underestimated area of tech. The author suggests that in the future, tech usage will be viewed as smoking was in the 1980’s. Something that everybody did, but looking back, we realise how bad for us it was.
The authors passion shows through here. I enjoyed reading this.
This is an unusual book in that’s it’s written in the form of a transcribed interview between the author and an interviewer. This makes for a quick, easy read.
The book is definitely not anti-tech. It’s a book about being mindful of how we use tech.
There are some great examples of how our attention span is being diminished by tech notifications, and the affect it has on us.
As a massive fan of tech myself, yet someone who is very mindful of how tech can use us, rather than us using tech, I agreed with the authors stance here.
I would have liked to have seen more references to scientific evidence of how tech can diminish our performance, rather than just the authors opinion.
I would have also liked to have seen more practical advice on how we can manage our tech use, beyond the basic common sense advice of turning our devices off.
Overall, however, this is a book about an important, yet underestimated area of tech. The author suggests that in the future, tech usage will be viewed as smoking was in the 1980’s. Something that everybody did, but looking back, we realise how bad for us it was.
The authors passion shows through here. I enjoyed reading this.
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