Comments on: Paying attention to your attention http://www.thinkflowinteractive.com/2008/02/18/paying-attention-to-your-attention/ News and ideas on user experience. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:31:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Simon Johnson http://www.thinkflowinteractive.com/2008/02/18/paying-attention-to-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Simon Johnson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:34:10 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/02/18/paying-attention-to-your-attention/#comment-138 Nice conclusion Phil. I am defiantly in the former group, the ones who can't do multitasking without some sort of penalty. However, I like the 'buzz' of a dozen things happening at one. Simultaneously, I am painfully aware I am failing to get my core work done. This reminds me from the new TED lecture: Carl Honore: Slowing down in a world built for speed. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/73 He shows how companies and countries that do less work hours often have higher productivity. Maybe we should all be working less, but working smarter? Nice conclusion Phil. I am defiantly in the former group, the ones who can't do multitasking without some sort of penalty. However, I like the 'buzz' of a dozen things happening at one. Simultaneously, I am painfully aware I am failing to get my core work done.

This reminds me from the new TED lecture: Carl Honore: Slowing down in a world built for speed. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/73
He shows how companies and countries that do less work hours often have higher productivity. Maybe we should all be working less, but working smarter?

]]> By: Linda http://www.thinkflowinteractive.com/2008/02/18/paying-attention-to-your-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Linda Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:32:55 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/02/18/paying-attention-to-your-attention/#comment-137 Terrific post!! What's great is that we have a toolbox of a variety of attention strategies. To be in a state of continuous continuous partial attention can be stressful, though, certainly, continuous partial attention is often a great strategy. The Atlantic article was well done. I have come to believe that the generation that grew up with continuous partial attending parents is likely to be more conscious in choosing exactly when they're using fully engaged attention and when they're using cpa -- particularly in family life -- where so many experienced a lot of cpa-style togetherness (with Blackberries, cell phones, etc.) always in use during conversations. Terrific post!! What's great is that we have a toolbox of a variety of attention strategies. To be in a state of continuous continuous partial attention can be stressful, though, certainly, continuous partial attention is often a great strategy. The Atlantic article was well done. I have come to believe that the generation that grew up with continuous partial attending parents is likely to be more conscious in choosing exactly when they're using fully engaged attention and when they're using cpa -- particularly in family life -- where so many experienced a lot of cpa-style togetherness (with Blackberries, cell phones, etc.) always in use during conversations.

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