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Divided Attention Disorder? Log off and read a book

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timns:
At the end of the day, I know that I'm all done when my taskbar is empty again.
-timns (February 09, 2011, 04:26 PM)
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That's a pretty cool way to look at it actually...

Like it! :)
-40hz (February 09, 2011, 05:41 PM)
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Thank you!

I guess I'm like a lot of folks here on DC, looking for ways to be more productive and organized. It's such a subjective, personal thing, but I must say I've picked up a few nice tips (and some nice software) from this site that have really helped.

And Divided a lot of Attention on here too ;)

Paul Keith:
Umm... didn't read the article but why are people trying to rename ADD?

timns:
Umm... didn't read the article but why are people trying to rename ADD?
-Paul Keith (February 09, 2011, 07:19 PM)
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Because the guy who wrote the article was on a deadline and had no original ideas  :Thmbsup:

KynloStephen66515:
I think I may have this DAD thing down to a fine art...what I have open on my taskbar right now:


* 26 Browser Tabs (Opera)

* 2 Instances of Visual C#

* Skype

* MSN (2 Conversations)

* XCHAT (IRC)

* Windows Media Player

* TeamViewer

* Calculator

* 48 Open Folders

* 16 Notepad Files

* 21 Tabs in Notepad++

* MSPaint

* GIMP

* Photoshop CS3 Extended

* MAXON Cinema 4D

* iClone 4

And in my System Tray


* Dropbox

* Wakoopa

* Ares

* Steam

* Pidgin IM

* Llama Tray

* Treat Yourself Nicely

* DoCo Quick Links

Renegade:
I think I may have this DAD thing down to a fine art...what I have open on my taskbar right now:


* 26 Browser Tabs (Opera)

* 2 Instances of Visual C#

* Skype

* MSN (2 Conversations)

* XCHAT (IRC)

* Windows Media Player

* TeamViewer

* Calculator

* 48 Open Folders

* 16 Notepad Files

* 21 Tabs in Notepad++

* MSPaint

* GIMP

* Photoshop CS3 Extended

* MAXON Cinema 4D

* iClone 4

And in my System Tray


* Dropbox

* Wakoopa

* Ares

* Steam

* Pidgin IM

* Llama Tray

* Treat Yourself Nicely

* DoCo Quick Links-Stephen66515 (February 09, 2011, 07:48 PM)
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Hahaha~! I'm sure our desktops look very similar.

By Group:
Internet Explorer (3)
Visual Studio (5)
Remote Desktop (1)
Outlook
Folders (16)
EditPlus (11 instances -- Too many tabs to count... in each one...)
Free Commander (3 folders open)
Skype (3 chats)
InnoIDE (1)
VLC (1)
Filezilla (2 sites open)
Task Manager (1)
VMware Workstation (1 OS open)
SQL Server Configuration Manager (1)
Photoshop (2 images open)
Chrome (3 instances - 11, 4, 2 tabs)
Topstyle (1)
Firefox (1 instance - 98 tabs)
Control Panel applets (3 open)
IrfanView (1)
IIS Manager (1)
Computer Manager (1)
Word (4)
Excel (1)
Photo Resizer (1)
Bulk Rename Utility (1)
Calc (1)
Dreamweaver (1)

Then there's the tray, but I'm getting distracted, so I'm not going to bother listing that stuff. :)

All in all, that's not too bad for me. I generally have more going on. That only covers 1 and a bit rows of my task bar. I've been trying to keep the number of open applications and tabs limited lately, and trying to close things I don't need (hence the only 16 folders open).

I've been managing Firefox better by closing usually 30~50 tabs at a time few times a day. That and it always crashes on me, which helps to start fresh. Tab #1 is always DC~! :D

A doctor diagnosed me with ADHD. I asked how badly, and he said that I went off the charts. Meh... Whatever. I suppose DAD will just help a few people to figure out a bit what it's like to be me~! :P

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