Bored and Brilliant

WANT TO HELP SHAPE NOTE TO SELF'S NEXT BIG PROJECT? WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S DRIVING YOU ABSOLUTELY NUTS RIGHT NOW. TAKE OUR SHORT SURVEY HERE. We're going to get right to the point: No more sa...

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Last week, we gave you some numbers. But numbers don't tell the whole story — or, in fact, any of your 19,100 stories. By asking you to put some thought into the ways you use your phones, ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-and-brilliant-stories/

We're pretty sure Bored and Brilliant week culminated in... brilliance. To recap: Because research shows getting bored and daydreaming can boost creative thinking , we gave you an assignment. A...

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Originally published on February 6, 2015 Kevin Holesh, the developer behind the Apple app Moment, and Mrigaen Kapadia, the developer of the Android app BreakFree, have been helping us keep trac...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/counting-your-phone-time-isnt-easy/

Originally published February 2, 2015 Part of the Bored and Brilliant project  is to put some hard numbers to what is normally just a vague impression we scrutinize too closely: our phone hab...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/apple-users-dont-be-smug/

We've been asking people why they're signing up for New Tech City's "Bored and Brilliant " project. Over 300 people have responded , and we've read every single word. So far, 4 of you have to...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/why-youre-signing-bored-and-brilliant/

Originally published February 5, 2015. Your participation in Bored and Brilliant has made it possible to do some really interesting — though admittedly unscientific — research. Last week,...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/what-your-phone-stats-say-about-you/

Originally published January 23, 2015. You've been signing up for Bored and Brilliant because you say  your phone follows you... everywhere. Endlessly. Mindlessly. In every single crack and c...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/18-places-where-you-can-probably-survive-without-your-phone/

Originally published January 30, 2015 HELLO! ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR BORED AND BRILLIANT  PROJECT SO FAR HAS BEEN THE INFLUX OF THOUGHTFUL SUGGESTED READS FROM LISTENERS....

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-brilliant-and-counterintuitively-interesting-reading-list/

Originally published January 29, 2015 In our podcast "The Case For Boredom ," we introduced researcher Sandi Mann's hypothesis that boredom leads to creativity. She put it to the test with phon...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/video-what-happened-when-we-got-130-people-really-really-bored/

Originally published February 4, 2015. As you probably heard  this morning, deleting the game Two Dots was an emotional experience for me. To put it mildly. A report: OK, so I'm still in mou...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/ask-manoush-warning-post-requires-willpower/

Originally published February 3, 2015. , Twitter , or email] One question came up a lot today. You're all very dedicated: > "So, what if I accidentally already messed up? --> ...

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Originally published February 2, 2015. , Twitter , or email] CHALLENGE DAY 1: IN YOUR POCKET Q: “Manoush, I’m psyched to start up New Tech City’s “Bored and Brilliant” project wit...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/ask-manoush-what-counts-phone-time/

We made it through a week of Bored and Brilliant challenges . We've struggled through withdrawal  and reveled  in release . We've learned about ourselves and our reflexes. And here, we crunch s...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-and-brilliant-we-got-bored/

Welcome to the sixth and final day of our Bored and Brilliant challenge ! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom , Challenge 1 , Challenge 2 , Ch...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-and-brilliant-challenge-6-dream-house/

Welcome to day five of our Bored and Brilliant challenge ! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom , Challenge 1 , Challenge 2 , Challenge 3 , an...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/challenge-5-one-small-observation/

Hello! Welcome to day three of our Bored and Brilliant challenge ! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom , Challenge 1 , Challenge 2 , and Chal...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/challenge-4-take-fauxcation/

Our colleagues at WNYC's New Tech City are in the midst of "BORED AND BRILLIANT ," a week-long challenge to listeners to disconnect from their smart phones. Boredom, the theory goes, may not be ...

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Hello! Welcome to day three of our Bored and Brilliant challenge ! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom , Challenge Number 1: Keep your phone ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/challenge-3-delete-app/

Did you notice the large, beautiful snowflakes yesterday afternoon?  I did.  As I was walking down the street toward the subway, I looked up and saw gigantic, perfectly shaped snowflakes falli...

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Hello! Welcome to day two of our Bored and Brilliant challenge ! If you're here for the first time, you'll want to catch up on The Case for Boredom  and then challenge number one: Keep your ...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/challenge-2-photo-free-day/

YOUR INSTRUCTIONS: AS YOU MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE, KEEP YOUR PHONE IN YOUR POCKET, OUT OF YOUR DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT. BETTER YET, KEEP IT IN YOUR BAG. While you're boarding the train, walking d...

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Drumroll, please: It's time to release some baseline Bored and Brilliant data. (If you missed our kickoff episode, listen to The Case for Boredom here ). To contextualize our numbers on t...

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-and-brilliant-data-preview/

THIS EPISODE KICKS OFF THE BIGGEST PROJECT  NEW TECH CITY HAS EVER DONE: BORED AND BRILLIANT . OUR GOAL IS TO GET YOU RETHINKING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY. SIGN-UP FOR THE NTC NEWS...

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