A name, finally!

After some musing i finally found a suitable name for my web log — Interrupt-Driven. This was the title of an
article published in 1994 by the wired magazin. It describes the phenomenon that a rising number of adults has something called “Attention Deficit Disorder”.

The author Evan I. Schwartz states:

Adult ADD is marked not only by a short attention span but also by a multitasking mind. Anxious to avoid boredom, those afflicted are constantly scanning their environment, searching for all things captivating. They may read lots of books, but they finish few. They misplace things and require constant reminders. They are risk takers, thrill seekers, and, often, caffeine addicts. They are news junkies and channel-clicker/cable-surfers. In conversation, they often detour into parenthetical tangents, never returning to the main point. On the Net, they can’t help getting lost in cyberspace for hours. Back on planet Earth, they interrupt people. They can’t stand waiting in lines. They juggle too many projects and are chronically late.

But when something grabs their full attention, they can launch into hyperfocus marathons that last well into the night. It’s not so much that they lack the ability to pay attention. It’s more that they cannot control what they pay attention to and how long their attention lasts.

I don’t really think i’m suffering from ADD, but i realized that some aspects do apply (my mozilla has over twenty tabs open, i’m working on three hobby projects simultaniusly, i’m reading three books, …). Or is this just the common side effect of an internet lifestyle?

What ever it is i think “Interrupt-Driven” is a fitting name for my personal weblog. So i hereby baptize it “Interrupt-Driven”.