Slow Blogging is in the air. And even slower blogging. I don’t know all the details of the Slow Blogging movement, nor have I had the pleasure of meeting Barbara Ganley (who has been championing the concept) to talk about it. But I’m quite aware of the slow blogging idea… not just from Barbara’s blog entries, but from serendipitously stumbling across other people who had independently developed similar ideas. I’ve had similar– though less fully explored– thoughts about blogs and blogging for some time, particularly after coming under the influence of a book I’ve since recommended to many people, Carl Honore’s In Praise of Slow .

The official Korean word for “slow food” was determined to be “Yeoyu-sik.” The Slow Food Movement, based on the “slow-going” philosophy, seeks to standardize tastes and preserve the joy of eating and traditional foods. Professor Kim Jong-duk

Eriksen argues that slow time private periods where we are able to think and correspond without interruption is now one of the most precious resources we have. Since we are theoretically 'online' 24 hours a day, we must fight for the right to be unavailab

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Fast and slow time in the information age

Playing violin is essentially the same pursuit it was in the 17th century. This is a big plus in an age of information overload, 200+ cable channels, and overabundant digital gadgets.

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go for a walk, promenade, cakewalk, stroll. would be a good name for an italian version of walker tracker.

the woes of outsourcing critical infrastructure to a company that in turn outsources its infrastructure to someone else. it's turtles all the way down.

cousin's wedding was there - lovely spot. yarn store nearby.

Let’s shun pressure to “keep up” with Ann Arbor (sorry John Blyberg), Hennepin County (sorry Glenn Peterson via Tame the Web) and etc. and apply our own strengths to come up with our own creative ideas.

recycle ann arbor

"Every man is, or wants to be, an idler," wrote the great Samuel Johnson in 1758. And he surely could have added every woman, too. From Johnson to Jack Kerouac to Ferris Bueller and the great age of Slackers, the appeal of lounging, loafing, goofing off,

2. Engaging patiently with particular communities is often a way to learn. That is especially true in certain disciplines, such as sociology, which Manny Stanley professed. some of the best social theory (from John Dewey and Jane Addams to Elinor Ostrom

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includes local produce calendar

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reopening 3/1/06 is the plan.

quarterly holiday celebrates letting go of stuff. going on now.

from John December, who I went to middle school with

on the joys of long distance rail travel, even with its attendant delays

I find myself using the no software needed, just fold and rip and fold a blank piece of paper, version of this. Wishing they had a mac version to print 8up pdfs.

when it's more important to not get things done

on sharing old memorabilia with family

a weblog on analog technology for writing

How I fill up pages in my paper notebooks, and the difficulty of capturing that paper electronically

Today, a slogan such as turn off, tune out, drop in might have a similar appeal to those seeking to escape the rat race.

on lifestyle companies vs. making it big

writing in longhand is slower, more contemplative, much more portable, and easier to lay aside at any important interruption to pursue the larger flow of my life.

on copying out texts by hand

why you would want to keep notes in analog form even if you have a digital life too

"he who knows he has enough is rich"

quarterly get-rid-of-things holiday starts each solstice and equinox