Over 10 years ago, I interviewed a woman who was addicted to her phone. For context, she was a sales manager who used a BlackBerry phone for work (a fancy, expensive device at the time). Every minute of the interview, her phone pinged with a notification or she received an email alert on her laptop. […]
Picture this … You’re sitting next to someone who is working on their laptop. Out of curiosity, you glance over to see what this person is doing. Dozens of websites are open and she seems to be doing the digital dance: rapidly switching from listening to a lecture to checking Facebook and then onto Netflix […]
In pre-internet days, it was much easier to focus and complete your work. If you were struggling, you couldn’t escape to the worlds of Facebook, YouTube and Netflix for instant relief. How do I know? Because I was born before 1985. I know what it feels like to be a student with and without the […]
