Focus On Distraction [infusion 31st october 2014]
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Transcript of Focus On Distraction [infusion 31st october 2014]
dopamine squirt
digital overload
unchecked infomania
continuous partial attention
INFUSIONf o c u s o n d i s t r a c t i o n
Andrea Bianchi Creative Director
Tw: @andbia
Friday, 31st October 2014
C r e a t i n g D i g i t a l E x p e r i e n c e s
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Why are we so easily distracted?
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dopamine squirt/ˈdɒpəmɪn skwûrt/
( )
Your brain is rewarded not for staying on task but for jumping to the next thing.
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When you check your information, when you get a buzz in your pocket, when you get a ring, you get what they call a “dopamine squirt”.
You get a little rush of adrenaline.
Guess what happens in its absence? You feel bored. You're conditioned by a neurological response.
It’s all about the dose and being always connected doesn’t encourage restraint.
check-me-check-me
source: www.theglobeandmail.com
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Managing a stack of e-mails has been found to raise heartbeats and blood pressure.
Facebook, when visited obsessively, has been linked to depression and eating disorders in teenage girls.
According to a study conducted at Stanford University, heavy multimedia users have trouble filtering out irrelevant information
and trouble focusing on tasks.
check-me-check-me-check-me
source: www.theglobeandmail.com
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How this affects social behaviour?
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Ms. Stone, a former Microsoft and Apple employee, coined this term to describe how
being inundated with tasks and interrupted by technology chronically splinters our focus.
Being “always on” may look good in a society that glorifies busyness, but it’s a killer intellectually.
In fact, researchers at King’s College Institute of Psychiatry in London reported
the constant use of e-mail and other social media, what they called
“unchecked infomania” led to a temporary 10-point drop in the IQ of the study’s participants. That was twice as much as pot smokers.
Continuous Partial Attention
source: www.theglobeandmail.com
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“Consumersdon’t want to disconnect
from their tech superpowers. They just want balance.”
(trendwatching.com - Hyperconnectivity trend)
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In such a behavioral reframe how information
and the content industry are changing?
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About 30 percent of adults in the United States get their news on Facebook.The fortunes of a news site, in short, can rise or fall
depending on how it performs in Facebook’s News Feed.
Most readers now come to news through social media and search enginesdriven by an algorithm that predicts what users might want to read.
The shift raises questions about the ability of computers to curate news, a role traditionally played by editors.
It also has broader implications for the way people consume information,
and thus how they see the world
Rethinking journalism
source: www.nytimes.com
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“One of the reasons it feels like there’s so much is that smart content
creators have realized certain topics will perform well on SEO
or on socials, which they need for traffic and revenue. So instead of one person writing the definitive article on a topic,
everyone will write about the same thing.”
Stephen Abbott
Head of digital projects at the UK Parliament
source: www.prote.in
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Ms. Haik, the Washington Post digital editor, is leading a team that aims to deliver different versions of The Post’s journalism to different people,
based on information about how they have come to an article.
“We’re asking if there’s a different kind of storytelling, not just an ideal presentation.
People reading The Post on a mobile phone during the daywill probably want a different kind of reading experience
than those who are on a Wi-Fi connection at home in the evening.”
Tailor Made Information
source: www.nytimes.com
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Some publications have found a niche
in taking the opposite approach. The Browser is edited by Robert
Cottrell, a former journalist at The
Financial Times and The Economist. Mr. Cottrell skims about 1,000
articles a day, and then publishes
five or six that he finds interesting for
about 7,000 subscribers
who pay $20 a year.
1.000 articles > 6 source: www.nytimes.com
The Browser
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Even The Guardian launched a supplement last year called The Long Good Read, which provided readers with a selection of
stories from its website. “We’d have a story for the commute to
work and a story for the commute home. It was limited and effective. At one point we even ran a physical paper
based on our algorithms.”
“Articles hand picked daily from the Guardian”
source: www.prote.in
The Long Good Read
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Paper Later allows users to collect
cuttings from the
internet and print them
in their own one-off
newspaper, which is
delivered to their home
a few days later.
“When you find yourself on something you’d prefer to read in print, just press the ‘Save for PaperLater’ button in your browser, and we’ll do the rest.”
Paper Later
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Five interesting things to do
in Los Angeles, every day.
Selected by a brain trust of
local artists, musicians and
designers, 5 Every Day is a
daily calendar for urban
exploration. “Without a future or a past, it
encourages you to check out something new, not tomorrow, not next week, but today.”
Every day five interesting things to do
5 Every Day
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Offline Offline Magazine serves
a steady diet of culture,
humor, and opinion for a
tribe of people hungry for
discovering new ideas.
Each month it features
five articles with audio
from subject matter
experts and storytellers.
It's one hour of content to
feel good about consuming.“Escape the noise of your newsfeed and subscribe.”
One hour of selected content each month
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vimeo.com/62204353
Unroll.Me
One email. Once a day. All your subscriptions.
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youtu.be/bzNTjpUMOp4
Google Inbox
It pulls important information from emails into a easy-to-read feed
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youtube.com/watch?v=SxC67Mf9IZU
Liveguide
A platform where you could always find the best live content
Started as a school project
by Hyper Island students,
Liveguide is a window into
the livestreaming world that
is as simple to use as your
regular TV-guide.
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But it’s not just about software. The digital overload is also faced
by a multitude of tools aimed to assist people
in their daily struggle for focus.
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NeuroOn is the world’s first
brainwave-monitoring sleep mask that allows you to switch from monophasic to polyphasic sleep.
That means you can sleep
less and more efficiently.
NeuroOn
Kickstarter link
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Olive
Indiegogo link
Tracks physical indicators of stress Analyzes habits that contribute to stress Talks with your smartphone to understand your lifestyle
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youtube.com/watch?v=0gzrYQKoHfI
Reduce stress, Sleep better Be present in the midst of it all
Buddhify
Buddhify allows you
to develop mindfulness
wherever you are &
whatever you're doing
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youtu.be/Xbz6CKW2RVc Mind controlled video & movie platform
MyndPlay
“MyndPlay trains your mind to meditate and focus through stimulus/response training and provides you with detailed brainwave feedback and the tools to develop greater mental awareness and emotional control
making it the ultimate brain entertainment, live experience and training platform.”
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youtu.be/pPu17q4RxWE
With this definitive concentration-test machine
Now, it’s time to test your focus!
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Connection is inevitable. Distraction is a choice.
(Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, The Distraction Addiction)
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