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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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 I hope that helps. A screenwriter...Submitted by pooks on May 30, 2006 - 12:35pm.
I hope that helps. A screenwriter I know said that this is how she deals with getting crazy and often contradicting notes thrown at her when she's writing scripts. She'll go into a meeting with a half-dozen people and they all have opinions/ideas (some good, some not so). She decided the best way to deal with it was write up memos at the end and send to everyone who was at the meeting, crediting each one with their ideas (of course). It's all very polite, very professional, and often results in email replies to disregard certain notes. (ahem) » POSTED IN:
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