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Continuous Partial Attention

Continuous partial attention is one of the side effects of mobile networked computing; it’s parasitic on our desires to feel connected to other people.
“Continuous partial attention and multi-tasking are two different attention strategies, motivated by different impulses. When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient. Each activity [...]

Posted 22 May 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Continuous partial attention

“Continuous partial attention and multi-tasking are two different attention strategies, motivated by different impulses. When we multi-task, we are motivated by a desire to be more productive and more efficient….In the case of continuous partial attention, we’re motivated by a desire not to miss anything. There’s a kind of vigilance that is not characteristic of [...]

Posted 12 February 2008 § mobile ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,