time and our attention deficit
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What effect is the increased demand on our time having on us? Presentation given at The Fantastic Tavern London, 10 February 2011TRANSCRIPT
London10 February 2011
Do you Wilf ? (What was I looking for)Average time to concentrate on a single task uninterrupted = 2.7mins
Multitasking no longer +ve
Multitaskers =
30% slowerTwice the errorsLess creative
Avoid medicalisations:
Attention Deficit SyndromeMultitasking Disorder
(these are BS)
green redblue
Stroop test:We’ve got faster at this recently
Bruce
Winston
Read the story of Bruce and Winston and the Hipstamatic at: http://hipstamatic.com
Press here…
…and wait
…and wait, and wait
…and wait, and wait, and wait
…and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait… until finally 12 seconds later – your pic is ready
Is this wait designed to make you a better photographer? Do you consider your image more before you snap?
Try Pomodoro cycles:
25mins uninterrupted concentration followed by 5 mins break
25 : 5 : 25 : 5 : 25 : 15
Instead of filling your dead times (short spare moments), just for a day try to leave them dead and think.
Let’s teach our kids by our example how to concentrate