scrap pad

"continuous partial attention"

"CPA stems from our desire ... to be 'a live node on the network.'" -- Linda Stone, quoted in this article at newsweek. (via slashdot)

I notice that I've developed bad attention habits, not because I'm constantly available or communicating, but because I'm constantly expecting information input. When I get bored in class, I just switch from my window of notes to whatever articles or documentation I'm reading, or whatever scripting project I'm futzing with. It's only marginally better than falling asleep, which filled the same hole before I had a laptop.