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Absent presence & surfer voice
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:33:58 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:24:28 -0800 From: Paul Kedrosky <pkedrosky () ucsd edu> Subject: [IP] Absent presence & surfer voice To: dave () farber net Dave -- Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal about technology, "absent presence", and the rise of surfer voice. The latter is that half-engaged, less-than-attentive tone of voice we use when we are talking to someone on the phone, while also instant messaging, emailing, surfing the web, and checking a spreadsheet: "OK ... uh-hum ... right ... OK." One UC Irvine study cited in the piece involved dispatching researchers with stopwatches to study work behavior of 14 people at a California financial-services company. On average, workers switched tasks -- e-mail to phone, to computer spreadsheet -- about once every three minutes, either from interruptions or by their own choice. Guilty, as charged. WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB106842510025265600,00.html --------- Paul Kedrosky ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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