document.write('\x3cmeta http-equiv=\x22x-dns-prefetch-control\x22 content=\x22off\x22/\x3e\x3col class=\x22tumblr_posts\x22\x3e\x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eSleeping with my iPhone and My Favorite CES Find\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eBack from CES means back to a regular work schedule and, more importantly, a regular sleep schedule.\u00a0 My \x26#8220;sleep hygiene\x26#8221; really suffered the week I spent in Vegas, a fact that was made abundantly clear to me thanks to my favorite find at CES, Zeo\x26#8217;s Sleep Manager Mobile.\u00a0\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eZeo uses a comfortable, lightweight headband that tracks the brain\x26#8217;s electrical activity as I sleep and sends the data via Bluetooth to my iPhone where it\x26#8217;s crunched and visualized in a simple, well-designed app.\u00a0 When I wake up, the app displays the sleep I got (or didn\x26#8217;t get) in an easy-to-read graph.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cimg src=\x22http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyke81RKg1qz6i4t.jpg\x22/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eRed bars indicate awakeness (bad), light sleep, R.E.M. sleep and deep sleep.\u00a0 In my first week with the Zeo, I can already see the that I\x26#8217;m not sleeping well at all.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eBecause the headband is transmitting data every five minutes to the iPhone, Zeo should be plugged in to ensure it gathers a full night\x26#8217;s data \x26#8230; not a problem (WARNING:\u00a0 unsubtle product placement ahead) as Griffin makes any number of power solutions including\u00a0 our 3-Meter USB Dock Cable (Available as an accessory purchase in the Zeo online store.)\u00a0 I wake up with a treasure trove of sleep data AND a fully charged iPhone.\u00a0 Everybody wins.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eZeo supports the product with an online sleep tracker and an informative blog (blog.myzeo.com).\u00a0 But the real Secret Sauce for me it the fact that it integrates with my Runkeeper data.\u00a0 I\x26#8217;ve been tracking my running progress for the last 13 months using the Runkeeper app.\u00a0 Adding sleep data is a big deal as I can draw correspondences between sleep and my running.\u00a0 Turns out that Runkeeper and ZEO are both Boston-based tech start-ups who have something of a mutual admiration for each other.\u00a0 I love it when my stuff plays well with others.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eI\x26#8217;ve been amazed at the motivating power of data in my running efforts \x26#8230; tracking my total distance, pace, etc. is finally showing that I\x26#8217;m improving.\u00a0 I\x26#8217;m looking forward to watching the same happen with my sleep.\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e(Full disclosure:\u00a0 I received a sample unit at CES last week.\u00a0 Did that influence the outcome of this review?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 But if the product had stunk (and it didn\x26#8217;t) I would have said so.\u00a0 It\x26#8217;s how I roll.)\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eOn the value of the off-balance mind\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eAs I\x26#8217;m about to head out to run, I\x26#8217;m realizing that 2011 is closing much as it opened \x26#8230; A sunny cool day during which I spent the morning learning something new.  Last year, it was running.  This year it\x26#8217;s playing the ukulele. \x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x0a\x3cp\x3eAs I\x26#8217;ve strummed my way through this week trying to figure out how people cram all their fingers into an area the size of a postage stamp, I\x26#8217;m in fifth grade again, learning to play the clarinet.  It took a week to get a sound out of the thing. It took a month to get a scale and Hot Cross Buns. I wasn\x26#8217;t frustrated at the time, because I had no preconceived notions of how it was supposed to be. I just knew that eventually, I wanted to be good enough at this thing that I could play The Pink Panther Theme.   \x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x0a\x3cp\x3eI guess what I\x26#8217;m getting at is trying to play the ukulele pushes me outside the lines I normally color within. Just like developing film this summer did.  Or learning to run over the past year.  And I\x26#8217;m trying to become comfortable in the discomfort of not knowing how to do something. \x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x0a\x3cp\x3eAnd rather than trying to hurry through the learning-how parts, I\x26#8217;m trying to bring focus and intent to the wibbly-wobbly part that happens before you learn how to do something.  \x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x0a\x3cp\x3eMaybe that\x26#8217;s something like a resolution. Or maybe that\x26#8217;s just learning to get out of the way of what the mind wants.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eRun facefirst into the Winter Solstice\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eThis Thursday, 22nd December, is the winter solstice, the day when the night is the longest. \u00a0In ancient times, our forebears would observe all manner of dramatic rituals \x26#8230; huge bonfires, virgin sacrifices, fanstastical savior birth narratives, making gifts of heavy inedible cakes. \u00a0Anything to beat back the wolves of Death and Darkness from the door.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eThis year, I\x26#8217;m saying \x26#8220;Fuck you\x26#8221; to death and darkness and running face first out into the unknown. \u00a0I\x26#8217;ve always felt that I was trying to outrun a kind of death when I run. \u00a0Not capital D death, which is inevitable and possibly our greatest journey of all. \u00a0I\x26#8217;m talking about what the Bene Gesserit called the \x26#8220;little-death that brings total obliteration\x26#8221; \x26#8230; fear.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eI don\x26#8217;t know when my time will come. \u00a0But I\x26#8217;ll be damned if I\x26#8217;m just going to let myself, my brain, my spirit just sort of relax/laze/slip effortlessly into the emotional stasis that signals the beginning of the end. \u00a0\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eWe never know if the light at the end of the tunnel is that of delivery or an oncoming train. \u00a0But waiting on it can\x26#8217;t be an option. \u00a0Death \x3cstrong\x3e\x3cem\x3ewill\x3c/em\x3e\x3c/strong\x3e come some day, too swiftly, too suddenly, too unexpectedly. \u00a0But the Little-Death that hangs around in our psychic dark corners is a snivelling, sneaky little fucker who hates action, hates resolve, is terrified by change. \u00a0\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eThere is a promise buried deep in the shank of the longest night of the year \x26#8230; that it\x26#8217;s only one night long. \u00a0And that immediately after the clock ticks over to midnight, the days become longer, the nights become shorter. \u00a0Little-death goes crawling back to the cesspool that bred it.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eSo fuck you, Little-Death, I\x26#8217;m going for a run. \u00a0Catch me if you can, asshole.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvn42qZyDA1qz6iyxo1_400.png\x22 alt=\x22First blood!  Next stop, toenail loss.   #destroymybodylikeaboss\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eFirst blood!  Next stop, toenail loss.   #destroymybodylikeaboss\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eSteve Jobs had designs on melting your toddler\x26#8217;s brains with the iPad\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3e\x3ca title=\x22The iPad and Parenting\x22 href=\x22http://www.tuaw.com/2011/11/02/the-ipad-and-parenting/\x22\x3eThe Unofficial Apple Weblog reacts to a report just published by Common Sense Media.\x3c/a\x3e \u00a0The study examined tablet and video game usage is the under-eight set.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eIn part:\u00a0\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cblockquote\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3e\x3cspan\x3eCommon Sense Media suggests 20% of parent use a mobile device to keep their child entertained so they can get some errands done.\u00a0\x3c/span\x3e\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3c/blockquote\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eWhere this post breaks down - and where most blog posts that are commentary on a news item break down - is in failing to clearly demarcate where the facts/data leave off and opinion picks up.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eCommon Sense Media is sort of like the Pew Internet Life project \x26#8230; the data they gather are presented in an essentially value-neutral format (we asked x people y question. Z responded.) I have come to trust their data and recommendations because the information is presented in a level-headed, straightforward manner.\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eI think the post\x26#8217;s author wanders off the data path and into opinion as she opens he 2nd graf. \x26#8220;These mobile devices have a darker side though.\x26#8221; Without a \x26#8220;We believe\x26#8221; or \x26#8220;I think\x26#8221;, the reader might reasonably be led to believe that the two grafs that follow are part of the Common Sense Media release. In fact, no such positions are put forth in \x3ca title=\x22Get the full report.\x22 target=\x22_blank\x22 href=\x22(http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/zerotoeightfinal2011.pdf)%20\x22\x3ethe study itself\x3c/a\x3e.\u00a0\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3eFurther, if the \x26#8220;darker side\x26#8221; portion was attributable to someone at Common Sense Media as a reaction/response to the study, that should have been made clear.\u00a0\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eIf this post is picked up and used without some form of clarification, we are just a few news cycles away from this being reported as \x26#8220;Common Sense Media decries the dark side of technology.\x26#8221; (And don\x26#8217;t even imagine what the punditocracy will do with it then :) )\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eI don\x26#8217;t in any way begrudge the author her right/job of putting forth an opinion on the research. In fact, I agree with her assertion that \x26#8220;the line of appropriate usage will become even more difficult for parents to define.\x26#8221; But analysis/opinion pieces, and their readers, are served best when the lines between data-driven fact and opinion are clearly visible to the reader.\x3cbr/\x3e\x3cbr/\x3eHyper-focused attribution has always been a thin bright line for journalists. It should become more of one for bloggers.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_link_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3ca href=\x22http://undefined\x22 class=\x22tumblr_link\x22 \x3eCandy Golde covers Paul Simon\x26#039;s \x26quot;Boy in The Bubble.\x26quot;\x3c/a\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_description\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eHappy Birthday, Paul.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_text_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_title\x22\x3eOn Facebook, No One Knows You\x26#8217;re Dead\x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_body\x22\x3e\x0a                    \x3cp\x3eSooooo, Facebook keeps suggesting I add, as a Friend, a person who is dead. \u00a0Which raises a couple of questions:\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3col\x3e\x3cli\x3eAssuming no supernatural intervention, who is it that actually Confirms my request to be a friend? \u00a0\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3cli\x3eIf I don\x26#8217;t take FB up on its suggestion, is that denying the friendship we had (have)?\u00a0\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3cli\x3eWhy, having declined the suggestion several times, does Facebook continue to suggest them as a friend once every couple of months?\x3c/li\x3e\x0a\x3c/ol\x3e\x3cp\x3eI know the answers to these questions, of course. \u00a0But as Facebook\x26#8217;s Lifecloud grows, deaths and how they\x26#8217;re handled will inevitably present new challenges for the web platform. \u00a0\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                \x3c/div\x3e\x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls24odu1mT1qz6iyxo1_400.jpg\x22 alt=\x22Bibi and Ben\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eBibi and Ben\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3cimg src=\x22http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls04avx8CV1qz6iyxo1_400.png\x22 alt=\x22Harvey, Resthaven Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee\x22 class=\x22tumblr_photo\x22/\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_caption\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eHarvey, Resthaven Cemetery, Franklin, Tennessee\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            \x3cli class=\x22tumblr_post tumblr_link_post\x22\x3e\x0a                \x3ca href=\x22http://ifttt.com/dashboard\x22 class=\x22tumblr_link\x22 \x3eif this then that - super awesome robot butler on the web.\x3c/a\x3e\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    \x3cdiv class=\x22tumblr_description\x22\x3e\x0a                        \x3cp\x3eWebmacros. \u00a0Awesome. \u00a0WIth a user community building recipes by the hour, IFTTT makes something happen in your web world when you make something else happen.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a\x3cp\x3ePost to instagram and autosave a copy to Dropbox. \u00a0Back up tweets as their tweeted. \u00a0Lots of cool stuff. \u00a0Think this could rock and looking forward to playing with it this weekend.\x3c/p\x3e\x0a                    \x3c/div\x3e\x0a                \x0a            \x3c/li\x3e\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a\x3c/ol\x3e');