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How To Format The Perfect Social Media Ads: A 2014 Cheat Sheet (Infographic)

The number of social networks that offer advertising grows every day and it can get confusing formatting ads for each specific community. In order to get the best ROI on social media ads, your ads not...

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7 Trends Shaping How Brands Use Social Media in 2014 [INFOGRAPHIC]

2013 was a year of exploration for brands on social media. From testing Vines to launching Instagram ads, many companies were dabbling in social media efforts across the Web just to see how customers...

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7 Tips To Help You Focus In Age of Distraction: Are You Content Fried!

This morning I learned a new word for information overload - content fried from a colleague at the Packard Foundation.    It resonated.Katie Muirhead's insight:I really like the expression...

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The Fallacy of Information Overload | Brian Solis

Excerpted from this article by Brian Solis: "Information overload isn’t a new phenomenon by any means. The sensation of being overwhelmed by information has been linked to every media revolution. With...

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BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Digital Overload and the Curation Crossroads

Do you participate online and do you see yourself as a curator?Katie Muirhead's insight:Though curation is not necessarily synonymous with infotention, the skill to be able to filter through the...

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Use the Psychology of Focus to Get More Done

Beware the Illusion of Multitasking Have you ever had one of those days when you felt like you achieved a lot of things, but when you thought about it before a good night’s sleep, you found you’ve...

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I Dare You To Watch This Entire Video - YouTube

"Can you make it through the whole thing?"Katie Muirhead's insight:I admit, I couldn't make it. Probably the best example of how our attentions bounces around!See it on Scoop.it, via Technological...

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Multitasking, social media and distraction: Research review

2013 research review of major studies relating to multitasking and distraction, with an emphasis on young people and social media.Katie Muirhead's insight:As our lives are becoming increasingly...

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Selective Attention | Simply Psychology

Katie Muirhead's insight:Interesting cognitive psychology information regarding how our brains absorb information. Interesting to consider how our brains filter what we pay attention to, before we...

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What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains [Epipheo.TV]

Most of us are on the Internet on a daily basis and whether we like it or not, the Internet is affecting us. It changes how we think, how we work, and it eve...Katie Muirhead's insight:This short...

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Mindfulness in Schools: Richard Burnett at TEDxWhitechapel

Stop. Breathe. Pay attention. "Our mental health and well-being are profoundly affected by where and how we place our attention". In this enlightening talk, ...Katie Muirhead's insight:"Our mental...

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Is Social Media Shortening Our Attention Span?

It's probably unfair to blame social media specifically, but I think it's safe to say that the 24/7 media barrage of soundbites we face every day could be taking its toll.Katie Muirhead's insight:This...

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The Attention-Span Myth

Can technology erode something that doesn’t exist?Katie Muirhead's insight:This article is very interesting as it questions whether we need, or even have, longer 'attention spans'. Perhaps being...

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Employee Distractions Reaching Epidemic Levels

Even disciplined tech workers can get sidetracked by personal e-mails and social media. Learn how to help your team minimalize workplace distractions.Katie Muirhead's insight:A great source of...

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Infographic: Does Social Media Kill Productivity? | Economy Watch

For all its merits, social media distractions costs the American economy $650 billion in productivity losses each year.Katie Muirhead's insight:Another negative article about the loss of productivity...

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Prof tackles tech distractions one student at a time

David Levy's University of Washington course has students meditating and mono-tasking in order to help them take the upper hand in the growing global issue of tech distractionKatie Muirhead's...

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Stop Breathe & Think

A simple, fun and free mindfulness and compassion building tool for teens, available for iOS.Katie Muirhead's insight:I like this idea for the implementation of modern mindfulness- a meditation app!...

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Smartphones could act as "mentors in mindfulness," researcher says

Smartphones, sometimes seen as a distraction, could be the opposite by helping users stay attentive to achieve goals, a U.S. researcher says.Katie Muirhead's insight:"Harmony between what we know and...

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The Future of Mobility [Infographic]

An astounding 80 percent of the world’s population now has a mobile phone—and 84 percent is unwilling to go a single day without their phone. About 45 percent of Americans say they can’t go more than a...

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Clay Shirky on information overload versus filter failure - Boing Boing

[From Jan. 2010. What's the same, what's different re: multitasking, attention, infotention... besides a few new tools? --harmonygritz] Clay Shirky on information overload versus filter failure - Boing...

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