by Jason Joyner | Jun 28, 2010 | attention span, Blog, internet
I’ve wondered for a while if surfing the internet wasn’t giving me ADHD.
A new article from Wired Magazine may prove me right.
It suggests the constant attention shift required by the Web “shatters focus” and “rewires the brain.” I notice that I have a lot smaller attention span, which isn’t a good thing. I also stream music in the background through the day at work, so quiet, focused time isn’t something I am used to anymore. Not a good thing for my prayer life I can tell you.
Anyway, I wanted to let you all know of the dangers before I….
by Jason Joyner | Jun 28, 2010 | attention span, Blog, internet
I’ve wondered for a while if surfing the internet wasn’t giving me ADHD.
A new article from Wired Magazine may prove me right.
It suggests the constant attention shift required by the Web “shatters focus” and “rewires the brain.” I notice that I have a lot smaller attention span, which isn’t a good thing. I also stream music in the background through the day at work, so quiet, focused time isn’t something I am used to anymore. Not a good thing for my prayer life I can tell you.
Anyway, I wanted to let you all know of the dangers before I….
by Jason Joyner | Nov 15, 2008 | Blog, Facebook, internet
I had a few friends working on getting me onto Facebook this year. I finally took the plunge last month. I have a MySpace page, but it is so juvenile and unwieldy that I never go there. I didn’t have high hopes for Facebook. It was a little scary when it ransacked my email when I signed up. Creepy!
However, it has been moderately addicting. I liked seeing who would turn up on finding friends. It has put me in touch with people I went to Thailand with in 1991, as well as high school classmates and other people around the globe. It is fun to see what people are up to, and having an immediate way to comment on their posts.
The down side is that it is basically a HUGE TIME SUCK! Holy cow. It is not the best thing for someone with IADD (internet attention deficit disorder). I can see how the connectivity is a great benefit, and I’m hoping to use it for some research purposes, but I really need to get this beast under control.
As soon as I go check my Facebook wall to see if I have any new friends!
by Jason Joyner | Nov 15, 2008 | Blog, Facebook, internet
I had a few friends working on getting me onto Facebook this year. I finally took the plunge last month. I have a MySpace page, but it is so juvenile and unwieldy that I never go there. I didn’t have high hopes for Facebook. It was a little scary when it ransacked my email when I signed up. Creepy!
However, it has been moderately addicting. I liked seeing who would turn up on finding friends. It has put me in touch with people I went to Thailand with in 1991, as well as high school classmates and other people around the globe. It is fun to see what people are up to, and having an immediate way to comment on their posts.
The down side is that it is basically a HUGE TIME SUCK! Holy cow. It is not the best thing for someone with IADD (internet attention deficit disorder). I can see how the connectivity is a great benefit, and I’m hoping to use it for some research purposes, but I really need to get this beast under control.
As soon as I go check my Facebook wall to see if I have any new friends!
by Jason Joyner | Jan 3, 2008 | Blog, blogging, internet
Blargh.
That’s the first word I uttered this morning. You see, I had a whole eleven days off of work, because it shuts down for non-essential personnel over the holidays. I know that people out there (Mark…) are saying that there’s no WAY I should be complaining. However, I have to wake up at 5:00 am to catch a bus at 5:30 am to ride an hour to work. When you’ve been used to getting up at 8:30 am and going to bed at 11:00 pm over the holidays, “Blargh” is exactly the response that is appropriate.
Plus, it is my blog, so I can whine if I want. Anyone have some nice cheese?
I had a point here somewhere…
ANYWAY, I just wanted to discuss a little bit of change around here. Since my work has me prisoner away for almost 12 hours Monday through Thursday, I would try to do all my blogging during lunch or before the work day officially started. It served me well all year.
Except for the fact that I got in trouble.
It seems that the government frowns on using the internet on their time, and my computer got picked up on a random scan. I will confess to being a net addict, and I know I abused the “check your email at lunch” provision. So I am duly chastised. Unfortunately this changes how I’ll do my blog.
This is actually a good thing, because I really do use the net too much. (This may come as a shock to many of you out there that this can happen) The nice thing about using it at work is that I tended to stay away from the computer on work nights and focus on my family. I don’t intend to change this for the most part. This means that my blogging will shift from Mon – Thurs on average to Thurs – Sun. Or somesuch.
I still plan on being part of blog tours, but I hope my blogging friends will forgive me if I’m not “around” as much. I do count so many of y’all as true friends, and I will miss hanging out on the web as much. I think this may be a God thing though. If that works out, I’ll report on it more later.
See you around!
by Jason Joyner | Jan 3, 2008 | Blog, blogging, internet
Blargh.
That’s the first word I uttered this morning. You see, I had a whole eleven days off of work, because it shuts down for non-essential personnel over the holidays. I know that people out there (Mark…) are saying that there’s no WAY I should be complaining. However, I have to wake up at 5:00 am to catch a bus at 5:30 am to ride an hour to work. When you’ve been used to getting up at 8:30 am and going to bed at 11:00 pm over the holidays, “Blargh” is exactly the response that is appropriate.
Plus, it is my blog, so I can whine if I want. Anyone have some nice cheese?
I had a point here somewhere…
ANYWAY, I just wanted to discuss a little bit of change around here. Since my work has me prisoner away for almost 12 hours Monday through Thursday, I would try to do all my blogging during lunch or before the work day officially started. It served me well all year.
Except for the fact that I got in trouble.
It seems that the government frowns on using the internet on their time, and my computer got picked up on a random scan. I will confess to being a net addict, and I know I abused the “check your email at lunch” provision. So I am duly chastised. Unfortunately this changes how I’ll do my blog.
This is actually a good thing, because I really do use the net too much. (This may come as a shock to many of you out there that this can happen) The nice thing about using it at work is that I tended to stay away from the computer on work nights and focus on my family. I don’t intend to change this for the most part. This means that my blogging will shift from Mon – Thurs on average to Thurs – Sun. Or somesuch.
I still plan on being part of blog tours, but I hope my blogging friends will forgive me if I’m not “around” as much. I do count so many of y’all as true friends, and I will miss hanging out on the web as much. I think this may be a God thing though. If that works out, I’ll report on it more later.
See you around!
