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Continuous Partial Attention. So are we making a mistake by stretching our attention thin? Not necessarily, it is just a new way of doing things that we have to adapt to. This new way demands more from us - and from the software that helps us.
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Watching the world is interesting, but it is also exhausting. A lot of raw, unfiltered information is what leads to partial attention.
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Because of these unexpected interrupts, you cannot fully immerse yourself into your work - you can only give it your partial attention.
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So it seems that iteration has now found its way permanently into our business and daily lives.
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But there is actually a big downside. Iteration requires much more energy. The constant context-switching and rapid pace are much harder than the slower-paced planning and pondering mode. The question is: how long can we sustain such a rapid mode? Will we burn out faster than people before us? It is actually a rather likely possibility.
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We need a tool, an assistant, that understands our processes, understands what we are doing, when we change tasks and when we finish them. It needs to be with us everywhere - on and off line and on the go. As much as possible, this tool needs to help us juggle our tasks and restore the context, recall and store information and make our life easier for us. This is not Artificial Intelligence, this is basically a glue for all the things that we are trying to juggle and ways we are trying to juggle them.
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The age of Continuous Partial Attention has arrived and it is here to stay.
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17 Nov 07
GauthamPerhaps before, we used to think through things more deeply, but these days we replace the deep thinking with rapid iteration.
And this is not necessarily a bad thing! Iteration is a very powerful algorithm for reaching the best solution.continuous-partial-attention attention apml delicious-import
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26 Aug 07
Gary BurgeToday we have successfully replaced attention with what Linda Stone coined and Marc Orchant recently wrote about: Continuous Partial Attention. So are we making a mistake by stretching our attention thin? Not necessarily, it is just a new way of doing thi
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25 Jun 07
Arne van ElkInteressant artikel over de manier waarop mensen tegenwoordig hun aandacht verdelen (maw. ze hebben bijna nooit hun aandacht gericht op één ding) en hoe automatiseringssystemen daarmee moeten omgaan.
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23 Jun 07
Anne HelmondContinuous Partial Attention
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22 Jun 07
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James CorbettBecause we cannot fully dive into problems, we are learning to not dive at all. Instead we solve problems iteratively. Do not map out a strategy fully, we choose a good path, explore it&look for feedback. Based on the feedback, we adjust the path&repeat.
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Clearly, we all do this once in a while, if anything just to get some face time with our families and friends. Yet increasingly the grid sucks us in and there is no way back. There will never be less information, there will always be more of it. Much more. The sooner we recognize it and prepare for this change, the easier it will be for us to embrace this brave new world. The age of Continuous Partial Attention has arrived and it is here to stay.
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Clearly, we all do this once in a while, if anything just to get some face time with our families and friends. Yet increasingly the grid sucks us in and there is no way back. There will never be less information, there will always be more of it. Much more. The sooner we recognize it and prepare for this change, the easier it will be for us to embrace this brave new world. The age of Continuous Partial Attention has arrived and it is here to stay.
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Clearly, we all do this once in a while, if anything just to get some face time with our families and friends. Yet increasingly the grid sucks us in and there is no way back. There will never be less information, there will always be more of it. Much more. The sooner we recognize it and prepare for this change, the easier it will be for us to embrace this brave new world. The age of Continuous Partial Attention has arrived and it is here to stay.
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21 Jun 07
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Riccardo PUn altro articolo su Continuous Partial Attention
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Iteration - the New Way We Work
We all hate the feeling of being woken up just when we are about to fall asleep. Because we cannot fully dive into problems, we are learning to not dive at all. Instead, we solve problems iteratively. We do not map out a strategy all the way, we choose a good path, explore it and look for feedback. Based on the feedback, we adjust the path and then repeat. Perhaps before, we used to think through things more deeply, but these days we replace the deep thinking with rapid iteration.
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Iteration is a very powerful algorithm for reaching the best solution. In math and computer science, iterative algorithms are known to solve problems that are not possible to fit into an exact formula. In nature, iteration is the key to adaptation
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a big downside. Iteration requires much more energy. The constant context-switching and rapid pace are much harder than the slower-paced planning and pondering mode. The question is: how long can we sustain such a rapid mode? Will we burn out faster than people before us? It is actually a rather likely possibility.
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We need a calendaring/email/project management all-in-one tool that is designed to support this iterative mode. Basecamp
from 37signals was probably the first step towards such software. -
But Basecamp leaves off a few things. For example, there is no way to map todo items onto a calendar, no way to prioritize them and no direct way to make emails into tasks. Todoist, which Lachlan Hardy profiled recently, seems to be closer to what we need - it factors in both calendaring and prioritization. In its current implementation, however, it is aimed at advanced, keyboard-centric, users.
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We need a tool, an assistant, that understands our processes, understands what we are doing, when we change tasks and when we finish them. It needs to be with us everywhere - on and off line and on the go. As much as possible, this tool needs to help us juggle our tasks and restore the context, recall and store information and make our life easier for us.
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I think the iteration model works not for time chunks of less than 1/2 hours. In this time you can get some things done. Than you can make a break, read a blog, rethink something and go on.
But the informations income frequence ist much higher. As you stated out too, every minute something happens. So i have to discipline my self. What is - dependig on the open tasks - is sometimes really hard :)
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