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• 02.02.08
  Humanizing Technology 5 of 5: How to Be Present Attention, Geek, Startup, Tech, Truth, Yoga, Zen, entrepreneurship |

  (This is the fifth in a series of five posts this week on Humanizing Technology) Welcome to post five of five on Humanizing Technology! What does it mean to really be present with someone? It's a question I ask myself several times a day. Am I being present with him right now? Does she know I'm listening to her? How can I be even more present for this cup of coffee? This awkward conversation? Yes, being present is a practice. And, I believe, being present for another person is the greatest gift we can give ...
• 01.31.08
  Humanizing Technology 4 of 5: How to Go Slow Geek, Projects, Startup, Tech, Truth, Yoga, Zen, entrepreneurship |

  (This is the fourth in a series of five posts this week on Humanizing Technology) This week is all about humanizing tech at gwenbell.com. Which is a little ironic, now that I think about it, considering that earlier this year I told one of my business partners that I want to change my last name from "Bell" to "Bell Dot Com." He wasn't surprised. And I'm still contemplating it. Where were we? Well, to re-cap, on Monday we talked about preventing burn out by learning to say "no" to devices and "yes" to HITs. On Tuesday we ...

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