“Maybe it was the lack of stimulation that made you so productive and sort of... determined.”

“SMS made everything negotiable: hour by hour, minute by minute. There was no such thing as a firm plan or a final schedule.”

“Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy.”

“Have you ever considered whether Perth's 'dullness' may have inspired you rather than inhibited you?”

“Giving up one activity does not guarantee you will take up a more worthy substitute.”

“...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.”

“Parenting in the age of mobile communication really does allow us to be there for our kids in a way never before possible.”