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10 Bold Tech Predictions For 2012

Cloud, tablets, social business--here are the technology trends to watch out for in 2012. READ»

Unpredictable Rewards: Twitter's "Activity" Stream And Our Dwindling Attention Reservoir

Do Twitter's Activity area and Facebook's Ticker give you anything you really need to know? With features like these, says Mike Monteiro, design director at Mule Design Studio, "you’re sniffing the exhaust fumes of activity.” That doesn't sound good.READ»

A Store With Only 3 Products And Other Cases For Simplicity

Less products, less choices, more impact? How keeping things simple can bring success.READ»

Does Everyone Have ADD? - Concentration Interruptus And "Pseudo ADD"

When you're thinking is interrupted by your brain, you've got real ADD; When it's interrupted by the world, you just have trouble saying, "No."READ»

New Research Shows Information Overload Contributes to Worker Productivity

Surprising new research was released today (April 1st) revealing that workers become more increasingly productive the more they are interrupted. READ»

Did Google's Pac-Man Logo Gulp Millions of Hours of Lost Productivity?

How many man-hours were wasted on GoogleDoodle Pac-Man? According to calculations by the RescueTime blog, 4.8 million, with a very large price tag for employers.READ»

Facebook Is a Big Employee Distraction, but Is It All Bad?

Of all the bits and bobs of news about Facebook, this latest really should be a surprise to no one: According to a survey by Nucleus, it's a huge distraction for office workers. What is interesting is just how big a distraction it ...READ»

Language to Communication to Filling in the Space with Chatter to...Distraction?

We look at language as "a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition". We can be fluent in a language and yet fail ...READ»