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Book Synopsis
Are you ruled by your computer or your mobile? This is what you can do about it.

Table of Contents
  • : PART I: EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
  • : 1. THE ROAD TO EDICTION
  • •: Darwin never predicted it would come to this
  • •: The evolution of ediction
  • •: Technology milestones
  • •: Work ethic vs. Play ethic
  • •: Companies and work as a social function
  • •: Phobology and self-esteem
  • •: Repetitive strain injury
  • •: Internet dating: the odds are good but the goods are odd
  • •: Do you need a revolution?
  • : 2. DO YOU NEED A REVOLUTION?
  • •: "I can't talk now, I'm on the phone..."
  • •: Yr msgs r kllg me: the tyranny of text
  • •: Thousands of emails but no conversations?
  • •: Distraction or action?
  • •: Everything louder than everything else
  • •: It's all the (techno) rage
  • •: Hiding behind technology
  • •: Can't get no (business) satisfaction: topless meetings
  • •: Need a revolution? Take the test
  • : PART II: REVOLUTION RESOLUTIONS
  • : 3. THINKING
  • •: Thinking, talking, communicating, doing, being
  • •: How do you want your life to be affected?
  • •: Making time to think
  • •: A thought a day keeps the madness away
  • •: Muddled thinking and how to avoid it
  • •: Re-discovering our normal selves
  • •: Outthink yourself
  • •: Antidotes to modern life
  • •: Towards a survival guide
  • •: Thinking is free, so do it more often
  • •: The great turn off
  • •: Taming Technology Tips
  • : 4. TALKING
  • •: The Art of Brachylogy
  • •: The link between thinking straight and talking straight
  • •: How to speak concisely and clearly
  • •: How to write concisely and clearly
  • •: Translating straight thinking into straight talking
  • •: Spotting waffle - in others and yourself
  • •: How to say no politely
  • •: Manifesto for a better life
  • •: Taming Technology Tips
  • : 5. COMMUNICATING
  • •: Technology morals
  • •: Choosing the right medium to convey your message
  • •: Email and the death of human interaction
  • •: Right message, wrong medium
  • •: Wrong message, right medium
  • •: Right message, right medium
  • •: Is over-reliance on email killing the art of selling?
  • •: Don't think you can handle it all at once - you can't
  • •: Hiding behind technology
  • •: Technology etiquette
  • •: A little downtime? Turn it off
  • •: Taming Technology Tips
  • : 6. DOING
  • •: Handling the daily inbound
  • •: Multitasking and Rapid Sequential tasking
  • •: Setting up personal tripwires
  • •: Action not activity
  • •: Workaholics Anonymous: too busy to turn up
  • •: Defined by their machines, not their characters
  • •: Social networking: at what cost?
  • •: Sleepless? Stressed? Anxious? Exhausted?
  • •: The art of enough
  • •: Taming Technology Tips
  • : 7. BEING
  • •: Life would be nothing without....
  • •: Get your attitude right: what defines you?
  • •: Have a laugh - you'll live longer
  • •: Take the issues seriously, but not yourself
  • •: How to be relentlessly enthusiastic
  • •: Never do one thing for too long
  • •: The value of hobbies and interests
  • •: Get some character into it
  • •: Manifesto for a better life
  • •: Taming Technology Tips
  • : PART III: START YOUR OWN REVOLUTION
  • : POSTSCRIPT: THE REVOLUTION FORUM
  • •: How to start your own revolution
  • •: Take the test at revolutionbook.com or hodder.co.uk/revolution
  • •: Download the software
  • •: Buy the iphone app
  • •: Compare yourself with others
  • •: Keep tabs on your progress
  • •: Kick the habit

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      Publisher: John Murray Press
      Publication Date: 26/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9781444190250, 978-1444190250
      ISBN10: 1444190253
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Are you ruled by your computer or your mobile? This is what you can do about it.

      Table of Contents
      • : PART I: EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
      • : 1. THE ROAD TO EDICTION
      • •: Darwin never predicted it would come to this
      • •: The evolution of ediction
      • •: Technology milestones
      • •: Work ethic vs. Play ethic
      • •: Companies and work as a social function
      • •: Phobology and self-esteem
      • •: Repetitive strain injury
      • •: Internet dating: the odds are good but the goods are odd
      • •: Do you need a revolution?
      • : 2. DO YOU NEED A REVOLUTION?
      • •: "I can't talk now, I'm on the phone..."
      • •: Yr msgs r kllg me: the tyranny of text
      • •: Thousands of emails but no conversations?
      • •: Distraction or action?
      • •: Everything louder than everything else
      • •: It's all the (techno) rage
      • •: Hiding behind technology
      • •: Can't get no (business) satisfaction: topless meetings
      • •: Need a revolution? Take the test
      • : PART II: REVOLUTION RESOLUTIONS
      • : 3. THINKING
      • •: Thinking, talking, communicating, doing, being
      • •: How do you want your life to be affected?
      • •: Making time to think
      • •: A thought a day keeps the madness away
      • •: Muddled thinking and how to avoid it
      • •: Re-discovering our normal selves
      • •: Outthink yourself
      • •: Antidotes to modern life
      • •: Towards a survival guide
      • •: Thinking is free, so do it more often
      • •: The great turn off
      • •: Taming Technology Tips
      • : 4. TALKING
      • •: The Art of Brachylogy
      • •: The link between thinking straight and talking straight
      • •: How to speak concisely and clearly
      • •: How to write concisely and clearly
      • •: Translating straight thinking into straight talking
      • •: Spotting waffle - in others and yourself
      • •: How to say no politely
      • •: Manifesto for a better life
      • •: Taming Technology Tips
      • : 5. COMMUNICATING
      • •: Technology morals
      • •: Choosing the right medium to convey your message
      • •: Email and the death of human interaction
      • •: Right message, wrong medium
      • •: Wrong message, right medium
      • •: Right message, right medium
      • •: Is over-reliance on email killing the art of selling?
      • •: Don't think you can handle it all at once - you can't
      • •: Hiding behind technology
      • •: Technology etiquette
      • •: A little downtime? Turn it off
      • •: Taming Technology Tips
      • : 6. DOING
      • •: Handling the daily inbound
      • •: Multitasking and Rapid Sequential tasking
      • •: Setting up personal tripwires
      • •: Action not activity
      • •: Workaholics Anonymous: too busy to turn up
      • •: Defined by their machines, not their characters
      • •: Social networking: at what cost?
      • •: Sleepless? Stressed? Anxious? Exhausted?
      • •: The art of enough
      • •: Taming Technology Tips
      • : 7. BEING
      • •: Life would be nothing without....
      • •: Get your attitude right: what defines you?
      • •: Have a laugh - you'll live longer
      • •: Take the issues seriously, but not yourself
      • •: How to be relentlessly enthusiastic
      • •: Never do one thing for too long
      • •: The value of hobbies and interests
      • •: Get some character into it
      • •: Manifesto for a better life
      • •: Taming Technology Tips
      • : PART III: START YOUR OWN REVOLUTION
      • : POSTSCRIPT: THE REVOLUTION FORUM
      • •: How to start your own revolution
      • •: Take the test at revolutionbook.com or hodder.co.uk/revolution
      • •: Download the software
      • •: Buy the iphone app
      • •: Compare yourself with others
      • •: Keep tabs on your progress
      • •: Kick the habit

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