Press & Media

A selection of press stories and videos about David’s work.

Press Coverage for Mindful Tech

  • The Times Higher Education Supplement, “Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives,” by John Gilbey. April 14, 2016.
  • The New Yorker, “The Useless Agony of Going Offline,” by Matthew J. X. Malady. January 27, 2016.
  • Seattle Times, “Professor: Technology stressing you out? Try meditative practices,” by Jerry Large. January 27, 2016.
  • The New York Times, “Don’t Distract Me,” by Molly Young. January 26, 2016.
  • Psychology Today, “Devices to Manage Our Devices,” by Glenn C. Altschuler, PhD. January 20, 2016.
  • Tricycle, “Mindful Tech: Learn the Benefits of Breathing Through Your Inbox,” by Wendy Joan Biddlecombe. January 12, 2016.

Other Press Coverage

  • Huffington Post, “Why Students at the University of Washington Want to Put Their Phones Away,” by Tyler Kingkade. April 3, 2015.
  • USA Today, “Prof Tackles Tech Distractions One Student at a Time,” by Marco della Cava. April 20, 2014.
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, “You’re Distracted. This Professor Can Help,” by Marc Parry. March 24, 2013.
  • The New York Times, “The Power of Concentration,” by Maria Konnikova. December 15, 2012.
  • Smart Planet, “Meditation improves multitasking skills at work,” by A. Kraft. September 4, 2012.
  • News Medical, “First study to explore how meditation might affect multitasking in realistic work settings.” June 15, 2012.
  • Fox News, “Say ‘Om’: Increase your paycheck with meditation,” by Laurie Tarkan. July 19, 2012.
  • Geekwire, “New research: Meditation makes you a better geek,” by Molly Brown. June 13, 2012.

Interviews

  • KUOW.org, “How We Can Keep Our Digital Lives from Getting in the Way of Our Actual Lives,” by Ross Reynolds. January 12, 2016.
  • Spark, “Mindful Multitasking,” September 21, 2014.
  • NBC Nightly News, “Back to Basics: Taking a Social Media Break,” December 7, 2011.
  • USA Today, Money section, “Meditation can keep you more focused at work, study says,” by Anita Bruzzese. 7/10/2012
  • The National Teaching and Learning Forum, “Contemplative Pedagogy,” by James Rhem, Executive Editor. May, 2012.
  • KQED, “How Meditating Helps with Multitasking,” by Tina Barseghian. October 26, 2011.
  • CNN, “Does life online give you ‘popcorn brain’?”, by Elizabeth Cohen, July 23, 2011.

Videos

  • Information Overload, UW 360 segment, edited from the UW Information School’s iOn the Future Documentary, December, 2012.
  • “No Time to Think,” aired on KCTS Television, March 2, 2009.

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