Teach Yourself: How to Tame Technology and Get Your Life Back

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