LEARNING FROM WORLD OF WARCRAFT’S VIRTUAL PANDEMIC The widespread infection of roughly four million virtual characters all started with a giant snake demon. In 2005, the massively multiplay...
To Brooke, boredom is “a deeply disgusting feeling.” To fill her idle time, she plays Words With Friends religiously. Yet, according to Manoush Zomorodi , host of WNYC's Note to Self , we ...
A week after President Trump cut a surprise deal with Democrats, and 100 years after it was created, is the debt ceiling still serving its intended purpose? Plus, inside the alt-right idolization...
Salman Rushdie discusses his new novel "The Golden House." Manoush Zomorodi talks about her "Bored and Brilliant" challenge, and her new book. Dr. Elizabeth Ford with her new book "Sometimes ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/weekend-salman-rushdie-manoush-zomorodi-dr-elizabeth-ford/
TED! TED!! TED!!! A few months ago, Manoush traveled to Vancouver to tell the story of Bored and Brilliant on the TED main stage. And yes, it was big, and nerve-wracking, and totally exhilarat...
Yeah, it’s been a while for us too. So after a long weekend of photo sharing, music streaming, and group texts, let’s reset. It’s the Bored and Brilliant bootcamp: three quick challenges to...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-brilliant-bootcamp-2017/
Bored and Brilliant is back. This time, with a special announcement: The Bored and Brilliant book is coming in 2017!!! Manoush is spending a ton of time sorting through your feedback, listen...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-and-brilliant-boot-camp-manoush-zomorodi/
LOOKING FOR OUR INFORMATION OVERLOAD SURVEY? TAKE IT HERE – AND STAY TUNED FOR OUR BIG PROJECT LAUNCH ON JANUARY 25! David Hohusen, game director on the popular smartphone app Two Dots, ...
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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Can wearable technology solve a problem technology created? Apple just had the best quarter yet — not just for Apple, but for any company ever . Sales of the iPhone 6 topped all expect...
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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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/
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...
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? --> ...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/ask-manoush-i-already-took-picture-did-i-fail-challenge-2/
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 ...
http://www.wqxr.org/story/classical-pieces-help-you-daydream/
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...
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...
Sustained periods of solitude. Many writers have said that this is the only way that they can get through the process of writing a book. Yet in our hyper-connected world, with apps that were pro...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/karen-russell-bored-and-brilliant/
Thousands of people are signed up to track their phone usage as they go through the Bored and Brilliant challenges to see what tech interventions can unlock creativity. The charts below show ...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-and-brilliant-challenge-tracker/
There are many cognitive benefits in boredom, and every time we pick up our smartphone to distract us when we are bored, we may be robbing ourselves of the opportunity to brainstorm, plan, or th...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/manoush-zomorodi-bored-and-brilliant/
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/
The WNYC podcast New Tech City is taking on a big new project to get people to rethink their relationship with technology. They call it Bored and Brilliant . Manoush Zomorodi , host of New T...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/gary-shteyngart-bored-and-brilliant/
When Manoush Zomorodi was eight years old, she walked around her house gathering up all the houseplants. She arranged them in rows, gave them all name tags, and then performed a concert for th...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/want-to-be-creative-try-getting-bored/
High school is pretty much how you remember it, but the mean girls don't have to look you in the eyes anymore. There has been a lot of back and forth about how teenagers do and don't use soci...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/9-things-we-learned-about-phones-teenager/
1. HOW DO I GET STARTED WITH BORED AND BRILLIANT? You'll want to download one of our partner apps to your phone (more information here ) and sign up to receive a week of daily challenges in y...
Note to Self's Bored and Brilliant project is a week of challenges that will guide you to less phone time and more creativity. You can start at any time. Here's how to participate: O...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/participate-bored-and-brilliant/
Manoush Zomorodi , host and managing editor for WNYC's New Tech City, previews Wednesday's Greene Space event , and expounds on the benefits of spacing out .
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...
http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/bored-brilliant-project-part-1/