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Monday Musing: Well well
To file under Financial Sustainability, subheading “Potential New Income Streams”:I just finished reading an article in Fast Company on the surge in “wellness tourism,” which is now a $563 billion global industry. … -
Monday Musing: Mapping Quiet Spaces
These musings started as my self assigned “15 minute to comment on a story in the news.” I’ve been blowing my time limit, lately, so today I’m setting my stopwatch and sticking to my original intent: briefly … -
Disconnecting to Reconnect Can People Unplug from a Hyperconnected World?
In our always-on, hyperconnected world, people are beginning to assess the potential downside of being tethered to the Internet and hand-held devices. Turns out, however, that digital detox isn’t always easy; the umbilical Internet is … -
Art Viewing and Mindfulness Meditation
Of the six trends we feature in TrendsWatch 2013, one that has generated the a lot of feedback so far is “Disconnecting to Reconnect”—our exploration of how people are going to great lengths to “unplug.” One of the people I connected with … -
Museo-Mindfulness
CFM’s newly released TrendsWatch 2013 highlights the growing desire of people to disconnect from our perpetual tether to technology in general and the Internet in particular. This led to a Twitter exchange with Andrea Michelbach, a Masters … -
The Post-educational Museum
The recent kerfluffle about whether museums should be included in the federal stimulus bill was a depressing reminder of the narrow stereotypes into which museums force themselves in order to protect their access to public funding. For …
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