Hi everyone

I myself don't have a very good attention span due to dixpraxia thrown in with traits of dyslexia.

What I was wondering is how many other people here don't have a very good attention span?

The reason I ask is because learning Linux is a rather slow process for me personally, so while the information is there I find it difficult to read most of it.

Do you think more should be done to help those of us who find this learning process difficult?

While a lot of effort is put into documentation do you think people should pay more attention to how the information is presented?

Any opinions would appreciated

I tend to have a short attention span when there's nothing iteresting me. Like english class for example, I tend to let my mind wander. I was really interested in linux, but I still found myself needing to push myself through the documentation

Yes I agree

When you have to read through essayish documentation I find it hard to really pay attention so I have to force myself to read it... not always successful

What was the question again?

KC

very funny, I nearly took you seriously lol

I have a pretty short attention span. Certain things I can pay attention to better than others. Network Security class? on the edge of my seat, EG11? slept through that class (still got a B+)

Thats why i love linux...even a thread for Pediatrics.

add 10 minutes to your age to calculate your span, then throw the tv out the window before its to late!

hope it helps

I have ADD without the hyperactivaty and probably Aspburger Syndrome. I hear Bill Gates has that too. Lots of times when I read something I just skim past most of it. Unless it's either short or very interesting I can't stay focused on readig it all.

Do you feel the same thing when you write something ?
Those terms are all recent and they were created from the standard that society needs and what it thinks everyone should be. And guess how they dare to correct it ? With chemicals that mess with your brain. They now say it's the norm to make them pay. Everyone has at least one neurosis. Bah, I hate it.

Simply, there are cases when you can add attention to something that does little to capture it.

I actually find it easier to express myself on paper (or a word processor) first before saying anything because I can correct everything I write before putting my foot in my mouth, otherwise I might just as well be speaking some jibberish language to people.

I type way faster than I write so it's not so bad with a keyboard in front of me, but ya, I handed in a lot of blank papers when I was in school because I couldn't focus on anything, and we didn't have the luxery of word processing everything like kids seem to have today.

I'm a lot like that myself though I still find it difficult to read, even in the electronic format....

Very short attention span, and it seems to get worse as I get older (and no, I'm not THAT old!)

I have an incredibly short attention span, but I have a fairly good memory, so I can usually pick up where I left off when I get back to whatever I had stopped doing.

I'm 32 and I can remember things from when I was a kid like as if it just happened yesterday. I seem to amaze members of my family because they can't even remember half those things.

With all the overload in information and all, its hard to keep track of everything, and also pay attention to....uh.....what was the question again?