https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=2353 2022-07-04T07:02:29Z https://www.snipit.org/images/scissors.gif https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=2353 Snip!t channel - Alan Dix: Channels > cognition and art > memories-for-life ‘I can’t remember anything’ is a common complaint ... it because we rely so heavily on our smartphones? And do... and distractions stop us forming new memories? https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1653248 https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/jul/03/is-your-smartphone-ruining-your-memory-the-rise-of-digital-amenesia?CMP=share_btn_tw 2022-07-04T07:02:29Z We all create data about ourselves every day. From task ... trackers to the tweets we share, our data is everywhere. Even if you're actively tracking your life, you're only ... We help you find the hidden connections in your data and ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1345800 https://exist.io/ 2014-03-07T10:28:53Z In 1945, Dr. Vannevar Bush published "As We May Think", ... In that article, he described an automated desk called a ... Sadly, Vannevar Bush's memex was far beyond what the ana ... Until Now! ... incomplete memex Memex #001 during construction https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1280161 http://trevor.smith.name/memex/ 2013-12-31T16:12:03Z Chris Dancy records nearly every detail of his life. So ... magazine has dubbed him “the Quantified Man”. Using ... sensors, mobile devices and ‘low friction’ tracking ... seamlessly building a digital archive of his entire bein... Dancy consi https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1137678 http://westspacejournal.org.au/article/winter-2013/the-numbers-man/ 2013-10-16T15:18:17Z Nostalgia has been shown to counteract loneliness, bored... makes people more generous to strangers and more toleran... Couples feel closer and look happier when they’re shar... memories. On cold days, or in cold rooms, people use nos... feel warmer https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1099906 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/science/what-is-nostalgia-good-for-quite-a-bit-research-shows.html?smid=fb-share&_r=2& 2013-09-05T11:31:07Z In October 2006, I was away on a business trip when a fr... event destroyed the contents of my family’s rural home... oncoming five-foot wall of water, my wife had little tim... possessions. For all the things we lost that day, I stil... I’ve hear https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=628356 http://www.voicesofthepast.org/2011/11/28/digital-preservation-strategy/ 2011-11-30T23:10:38Z DEATH IS A PART OF LIFE AND LIFE HAS (TO AN EXTENT) BECO... Our increasing digitality means that we will increasingl ... Held in the inspiring setting of the Tropenmuseum’s ex ... Thus stimulating a reconsideration of how death, mournin ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=580460 http://digitaldeathday.com/ 2011-10-31T14:05:33Z On the 25th March 2011, Mark Coop of 'Keep Calm and Carr... registered a trademark of the words Keep Calm and Carry ... to take control of the very British and now very famous,... invoking, wartime poster. The trademark has angered Bart... discovered https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=545170 http://www.metafilter.com/107782/Keep-Calm-But-Cease-and-Dissist 2011-09-26T07:44:11Z Broken sleep affects the ability to build memories, a st... suggests. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science findi ... The Stanford University found disrupting sleep made it h ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=499252 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14279123 2011-07-26T08:57:45Z An individual is the only ethical integration point for ... Our purpose is to catalyze a Personal Data Ecosystem whe ... The Startup Circle - for startups committed to putti ... 1 Million People for Personal Data - gathers people ... Industr https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=463952 http://personaldataecosystem.org/ 2011-06-14T16:06:46Z 1000Memories is the passion of three friends who have lo... believe that the Internet offers a better way to bring p... build something special in their memory. 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Interaction with TUIs relies on u... skills of interaction with the real world [9], thereby o... promise of https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=34008 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1226969.1227016&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&type=series&idx=SERIES11433&part=series&WantType=Proceedings&title=TEI&CFID=58482571&CFTOKEN=56607457 2008-03-09T10:49:44Z The fate of human memory: My latest Wired magazine column Quick: Can you do long division? Probably, though you'd ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=16387 http://www.collisiondetection.net/ 2007-10-16T14:41:01Z The education secretary, Alan Johnson, has come under fi... the use of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia for sc... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=7694 http://education.guardian.co.uk/elearning/story/0,,2054506,00.html 2007-06-24T14:59:31Z One Day in History Make history with us on 17 October by taking part in the ... 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