unGrid

In the last hour I’ve hopped over to Facebook ~15 times for 30seconds to a minute each trip.

I’ve checked my Gmail account easily half a dozen times at 15 seconds to a minute.

I’ve tabbed through twitter.

I’ve checked my RSS feeds.

I’ve read my forums.

I’ve done maybe 20 minutes of work in the past hour because of what can only be N.A.D.D.

Folks, this isn’t multi-tasking. This is advanced case of Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder. I am unable to function at my desktop unless I’ve got, at least, five things going on at the same time. If your count came close, you’re probably afflicted, as well. Most excellent.

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The presence of NADD in your life is directly related to how you’ve dealt with the media deluge of the new millennium. You’ve likely gone one of three ways:

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3) You enjoy the content fire hose. Give me tabbed browsing, tabbed instant messaging, music all the time, and TIVO TIVO TIVO. Welcome to NADD.

Rands in Repose - N.A.D.D.

But this goes beyond N.A.D.D. This is a timewaster. This is me hopping between 10,000 different channels in the brain to stop work from being done.

Is it apathy? Is it boredom?

When I get into spots like this where I am flipping through the noise and static instead of focusing in on the task at hand or what I would rather be doing, I make a list. I prioritize what I am doing. Am I actually working? Am I processing information? Am I sitting like a lump? Am I active?

Get up, do some push ups, reset the brain, read a chapter in a book, find a new recipe, find some stimulation to hopefully break out of a negative feedback loop. Like now. I have been flickering thorugh noise channels online and in my house looking for something. I do not know what I am looking for, but this post is my way of jolting out of it.

(So my apostrophe key just broke while writing this post. Note the neat use of contractions early on and then never again.)