Interrupt the Interruption

Steve Rubel's post is only the latest voice acknowledging the ongoing war of attention and interruption.

The confluence of information technologies (digital-omnipresence), life style changes (always on), and work paradigms (distributed and virtual) have lead us into a state where our attention is always being demanded by one channel or another.

Work calls from across the world, mid-way through what would be breakfast if we did such things anymore. The news pours in via RSS and SMS. Calls and emails across multiple accounts hound us from all corners of the infosphere.

It's time to focus. It's time to redefine our interface with the signal, cut out the noise of destructive interference, and get back to higher-performance living.