time & the attention deficit

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)

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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