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Continuous Partial Attention?
Jeff Kenton | Mar 30 2006
Hi everyone, I was reading the March 27 Newsweek, and Steven Levy's column caught my attention. In the article, he quotes a conference talk given my Linda Stone. Linda used to work at both Apple and Microsoft. She's concerned about a phenomenon called Continuous Partial Attention (CPA). This affliction (my word) involves trying to engage oneself in two worlds simultaneously. Levy also provides a metaphor: "A live Blackberry or even a switched-on mobile phone is an admission that your commitment to your current activity is as fickle as Renee Zellweger's wedding vows." (Ouch.) and: What can be done? Is it rude to assume that I can ask my conversation partner to unhook the bluetooth earbud when talking to me? Can I take away my meeting group's Blackberrys until the meeting is over? Does anyone have any strategies for dealing with this? 17 Comments
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 Yes -- after each meeting...Submitted by pooks on May 29, 2006 - 7:07pm.
Yes -- after each meeting write up your notes and email them to her, so you're "both on the same page," but primarily to get a paper trail in case anything goes wrong later. Copy it to anybody else who might be in the loop. Also, this can work well if you're given notes you think would be a mistake. Sometimes if people see them in writing they suddenly don't want their name on them, and will change them, or say you must have misunderstood and go in a better direction. » POSTED IN:
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