Screen reading causes insomnia, backache — even serious illness
Yes, reading that blog post does make your butt look bigger. But mushy thighs are just one of the symptoms of screen reading.… Read the full article
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Yes, reading that blog post does make your butt look bigger. But mushy thighs are just one of the symptoms of screen reading.… Read the full article
You may have heard that social scientists recently added a new item on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
The classic model of what drives human nature looked like this back in the day:
Our modern world has revealed another, even more basic human need …
… Wi-Fi.… Read the full article
Reading on the screen is hard for a simple reason: Our eyes weren’t made to stare at little beige boxes all day.… Read the full article
Most Americans spend at least 8.5 hours a day looking at a screen, whether a TV set, computer monitor or mobile device, according to a study by Ball State University.… Read the full article
I don’t know about you, but one of my goals in life is to never write anything that makes my readers throw up, resign or forget where they parked their car.… Read the full article
Just 7% of adults around the world can manage conflicting requests to reserve a meeting room using a reservation system, then email people to let them know whether they got the room they requested.… Read the full article
Online readers read shallow and deep, according to The Stanford Poynter Project: Eye Movement on the Internet, a study by Stanford University and The Poynter Institute.… Read the full article
Your email recipients aren’t reading your message. They’re scanning your emails.
Indeed, according to the Nielsen Norman Group’s latest eye-tracking study, email recipients:
So here’s the reading technique for emails: Recipients scan pieces of information quickly, speed reading to find specific information.… Read the full article
Consider the numbers:
This just in: “Readers” actually don’t do much reading.
Indeed, just 19% of participants in a 2012 Harris Interactive poll read articles word-by-word.… Read the full article