I posted a really outstanding slide deck on Saudi Arabian youth yesterday (Sunday) and today it's gone, deleted from the internet. I had email in my inbox this morning asking for it. Sorry you missed it; it's gone. Welcome to the angst created by working in the world of real time. Meanwhile my Google Music feed is between selections and I'm feeling the weight of silence while the internet beckons me to make the next choice. All this while reading an academic paper, watching a video by Patrick Watson, and following Facebook. In a post that came out hours ago, D'Arcy Norman writes (citing Kin Lane), "I am actively reducing the number of real-time platforms/connections/whatevers that I pay attention to, and am actively trying to do as much as I can on my own schedule." What kind of way is that to be productive?
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