Measuring Attention

Sorry about the delayed posting.

I have ADD. But is this because of technology and the possibly ‘evil’ Google? No. In fact, technology helps me deal with the ADD and has turned it to an advantage! But I guess the ADD is caused by the need for people to multitask and maximise output.

So PDAs, mobile phones and other such devices are crammed with as much technology as possible because there is a demand for it. The very fact that devices such as the iPhones exist, is a testimony to the fact that people want to do a lot more in as limited time as possible. And since technology allows people to get as much work done in as little time as possible, there are arguments about shrinking attention spans and the digital media.

It’s not about walking and chewing gum anymore. If about walking, listening to your iPod, texting your friends and talking to a classmate – all at the same time. And let me not get started about the Blackberry owning lot.