Comments on: Short Attention Span? It’s Not Your Laptop, Mr. Carr: It’s You http://jeremyhatch.com/openfolio/short-attention-span-its-not-your-laptop-mr-carr-its-you/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:31:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mark Hurst http://jeremyhatch.com/openfolio/short-attention-span-its-not-your-laptop-mr-carr-its-you/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Mark Hurst Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:49:00 +0000 http://jeremyhatch.com/openfolio/short-attention-span-its-not-your-laptop-mr-carr-its-you/#comment-137 Jeremy, you nailed it... people should learn the discipline. <br/><br/>My longer reaction <a HREF="http://goodexperience.com/2008/08/distraction-vs-discip.php" REL="nofollow">here</a>. Jeremy, you nailed it… people should learn the discipline.

My longer reaction here.

]]> By: Jeremy Hatch http://jeremyhatch.com/openfolio/short-attention-span-its-not-your-laptop-mr-carr-its-you/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Jeremy Hatch Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:42:00 +0000 http://jeremyhatch.com/openfolio/short-attention-span-its-not-your-laptop-mr-carr-its-you/#comment-136 Thanks, Garote! Thanks, Garote!

]]> By: garote http://jeremyhatch.com/openfolio/short-attention-span-its-not-your-laptop-mr-carr-its-you/comment-page-1/#comment-135 garote Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:26:00 +0000 http://jeremyhatch.com/openfolio/short-attention-span-its-not-your-laptop-mr-carr-its-you/#comment-135 Well said. Many of us who grew up during the tail end of the "dark ages" also have a stock of memories made during revelatory moments, when little pieces of this future were revealed to us...<br/><br/>The first time we connected through a computer to another we'd never physically seen beforehand. The first time we chatted with two people on different continents, for free. The first time we saw little graphical avatars of our friends walking around (and shot at them)...<br/><br/>Each crude milestone that passed just made us more impatient to get this technology out into the world so that other people could improve and generalize it. And that slow spread is, of course, still going on. You want to go back in time and abandon all your internet toys? Just start walking. There are still plenty of clapboard houses in eastern China and rude huts in the Serengeti where you can regain your allegedly stolen attention span. >:)<br/><br/><br/>(True story: I read this short essay on an iPhone while walking to and from the restroom at work.) Well said. Many of us who grew up during the tail end of the "dark ages" also have a stock of memories made during revelatory moments, when little pieces of this future were revealed to us…

The first time we connected through a computer to another we'd never physically seen beforehand. The first time we chatted with two people on different continents, for free. The first time we saw little graphical avatars of our friends walking around (and shot at them)…

Each crude milestone that passed just made us more impatient to get this technology out into the world so that other people could improve and generalize it. And that slow spread is, of course, still going on. You want to go back in time and abandon all your internet toys? Just start walking. There are still plenty of clapboard houses in eastern China and rude huts in the Serengeti where you can regain your allegedly stolen attention span. >:)

(True story: I read this short essay on an iPhone while walking to and from the restroom at work.)

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