var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-566244-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @socialmindfulness)http://socialmindfulness.net/<p><ul><li>I’ve had SocialMindfulness.net for a number of years with every intention of using it for the purpose of exploring the idea of Social Mindfulness, but this has turned out to be one of those sliding projects that perpetually moves into the future. For this reason, I’ve set up this Tumblog up for anyone who might be interested in taking the reigns in this discussion.</li> <li>If you’re interested in exploring Social Mindfulness and would like to either collaborate on this project or take over this domain entirely, let me know! Rather than let this domain sit here statically I would love to see it in active use by someone (or someones!) with the passion to explore the role of mindfulness in this modern age of information inundation.</li> <li>You can find out how to get in contact with me via my home page: -<a href="http://timothymoenk.net">Timothy Moenk</a></li> </ul></p>http://socialmindfulness.net/post/132001214http://socialmindfulness.net/post/132001214Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:19:00 -0400<p>Social Mindfulness is a buddhist idea that involves the extension of the individual practice of mindfulness meditation into society through the use of dialogue with others as a tool to increase awareness. This is a powerful idea that I believe could use some study and redefinition in the age of social media which presents so much opportunity for increasing mindfulness, but often seems to encourage its’ antithesis in practice: ‘Continuous Partial Attention’ and ‘Narrowcasting’</p>http://socialmindfulness.net/post/131984110http://socialmindfulness.net/post/131984110Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:42:00 -0400