Via Lifehacker, the argument that in the modern online age, the ability to focus is the new work ethic. Distractions like Twitter, blogs, social networks, online news, etc. all compete for our attention. The ability to tune them out and get some work done is the new definition of “hard work” - something very different from what our parents thought of as “hard work.”
Work Ethic 2.0: Attention Control, by Mike Egan
As I type this I have six tabs open in Firefox, Mail.app in the background, Twitterfic in my menu bar, Adium logged onto five IM networks, and iTunes downloading three podcasts. I know a lot of programmers and such who pride ourselves on being about work on mutiple projects at the same time, but perhaps we also need to be sure we can get focus in on something without any distractions .





