But now the incessant digital static of the Internet, that irresistible force we live in such close, constant contact with, is setting the deep-immersion experience necessary to produce great works of literature against a constant barrage of information.
Why? Social scientists have a name for this sort of incessant online contact.
The "ambient awareness" that Twitter promotes — the feeling of incessant online contact — is still intact.
With Twitter, the micro-blogging service, this incessant online contact has created a new world of ambient intimacy.
Along with Twitter, the micro-blogging service, this incessant online contact has created a brave new world of ambient intimacy.
Dr. Hadassah Brooks Morgan, a psychiatrist in New York City who is on the staff of Mount Sinai Medical Center, said that what appears to be incessant, often openly curious contact from friends in other cities is a form of grief management.
What may seem like incessant begging of your contacts is often necessary to reach your goal.
Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism, including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye contact; loss of "relatedness;" insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and "watching the florescent lights repeatedly during examination".
This feature makes it easy to block calls, incessant texts and FaceTime requests from unwanted contacts.
Since Sharif had not clearly stipulated the terms and conditions for talks with the Taliban, negotiations could not commence even a month after the A.P.C. Observing growing public anxiety and incessant media inquiries regarding rapprochement with the Taliban, Sharif said last week that his government had formally established contact with the Taliban.
