Fixpert’s New Tumblog and Do You Really READ These Posts?
I was uh…skimming this post on Jezebel about women’s innate ability to multi-task — which I believe to be true — and how it applies to the modern workplace. It discusses how our multi-tasking skillz impede our ability to focus on any one particular task very well — which men seem excel at (except don’t ask a dude to talk and drive at the same time or you might crash and die, I’m just sayin’).
This is great:
Here’s a quote from the story. Did we read it? Let’s just say we skimmed it thoughtfully, because that’s how the author meant for us to read it when he was writing it while checking his email and bidding on those Bose speakers and listening to Stern.
That made me laugh, as it was exactly what I was doing as I was “reading” this post. What am I really doing right now? I’m currently listening to De La Soul’s Buhloone Mind State for the first time in ages, drinking coffee, twirling my hair (this manner of fidgeting somehow keeps me focused), I’m writing this post, answering a phone call from the Auto Shop about my freon re-charge, I have 12 tabs open in Firefox that I’m switching between which include:
- My tumblr dashboard
- My new tumblr homepage
- Yahoo! Mail inbox
- This page — my Fixpert Wordpress admin interface
- A Twiki page which I’m editing for work
- The Lifehacker page that led me to the Jezebel article
- Several articles related to organizing space in small apartments — also via Lifehacker
And all this makes me wonder. Do you guys actually read my posts? Or do you skim? I mean, sometimes I write some pretty long and meandering posts, like this recent post about Pootie Tang, of all things. I take pride in these longer, more thoughtful posts, and they often generate more discussion in the Comments area. But I wonder if folks really read them. If not, I might change the format quite a bit and do something a bit more A.D.D. such as my new Tumblog.
That’s right, I have a new site — Fixpert’s Tumblog for those who favor Crack over, let’s say, a bottle of wine. There ‘ya go.
July 19th, 2007 at 11:08 am
I read about half of them. The others I start to read but
July 19th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Haha, awesome.
July 19th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I often just skim friends’ blog entries unless there is something topical and of interest or relevance. For example, I have no point of reference on the Pootie Tang post, so I just skimmed it for the gist. But when you post about web design (or any other familiar subject) I read it with more attention to detail.
July 19th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Totally. For example, I always read through Baron’s RSS feed, but I rarely understand what he’s talking about, haha, but I still like to keep up and see that he’s posting, kind of loosely keeps me in touch with him.
July 19th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
I definitely try to keep up, but can’t say that I manage to read everything. My RSS reader is overloaded… but you don’t post alot, so it’s easier to keep up.
July 20th, 2007 at 7:27 am
My ADD is systemic for all the content I consume, from newspapers to magazines to books to blogs. I don’t think I’ve read anything since this whole information firehouse got started. Except maybe your post. And perhaps this comment as I wrote it, being the vain and narcissistic creature I am.
Meanwhile, I have declared a backlash against multitasking in the name of monotasking. Somewhere I have a tumblog as well, but I got distracted by something shiny and forgot where it was.
July 20th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Yeah, bitches! Firehouse!
I must have gotten distracted and started scanning my inbox mid-word. It will take much to unlearn this multitasking.