London 10 February 2011
Do you Wilf ? (What was I looking for) Average time to concentrate on a single task uninterrupted = 2.7mins
Multitasking no longer +ve Multitaskers = 30% slower Twice the errors Less creative
Avoid medicalisations: Attention Deficit Syndrome Multitasking Disorder (these are BS)
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Stroop test: We’ve got faster at this recently
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Read the story of Bruce and Winston and the Hipstamatic at: http://hipstamatic.com
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…and wait
…and wait, and wait
…and wait, and wait, and wait
…and wait, and wait, and wait, and wait… until finally 12 seconds later – your pic is ready
Is this wait designed to make you a better photographer? Do you consider your image more before you snap?
Try Pomodoro cycles: 25mins uninterrupted concentration followed by 5 mins break 25 : 5 : 25 : 5 : 25 : 15
Instead of filling your dead times (short spare moments), just for a day try to leave them dead and think.
Let’s teach our kids by our example how to concentrate