The “Attention Economy” is a bubble
This is a tough intersection for humanity. Continue Reading
Attention Span
The value of protests in the algorithm age
Those 29 likes on your funny Instagram sign are not “fighting the establishment” just yet. Continue Reading
Jesus Christ, how about this attention span stat?
From here: “In the 1980s and 1990s, advertisers needed to be in front of prospects six to eight times to become recognizable, says Bill Corbett, Jr., president of Corbett Public Relations. “Today this number is closer to 21 and may… Continue Reading
“Got a minute?” costs the U.S. economy about $588 billion a year
Got that stat in the headline from here. Basically the idea speaks to the power (for evil) of interruption, which is common in most workplace cultures, I’d auger. “Hey, got a minute?” At my current job, I actually saw one of those go… Continue Reading
Key ways to get people to pay attention to you
These seem like relevant skills to have, right? Continue Reading
Stop fucking checking your phone all the time
Pre-teens rock their phone or iPad or laptop 7.5 hours a day, adults rock some screen about 8.5 hours a day, and of course, all this is tied to a reduction in creativity (or so we believe). I’ve sat at… Continue Reading
The fact that the ‘productivity app’ market has grown 150 percent in the past year is inherently ironic, right?
Was reading this article earlier today, and while the actual topic of the article is interesting — essentially, a company in Berlin made an app that makes the concept of a to-do list “fun” (although I’d argue a lot of… Continue Reading
The world got impatient; one second of slower load time can cost Amazon $1.6 billion across a year
There are some statistics you run across in the course of consuming information that just straight up blow your mind. Here’s one example: The most staggering statistic in @VaclavSmil’s new book: http://t.co/2N6cpXQsJ5 pic.twitter.com/QPcBscSLXj — Bill Gates (@BillGates) June 13, 2014… Continue Reading