Comments on: Four seconds at a time… http://uiscape.com/2007/04/04/four-seconds-at-a-time/ Research notes on interaction design Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:30:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Four seconds at a time… http://uiscape.com/2007/04/04/four-seconds-at-a-time/#comment-29 Four seconds at a time… Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:47:04 +0000 http://uiscape.com/2007/04/04/four-seconds-at-a-time/#comment-29 [...] Four seconds at a time… [...] […] Four seconds at a time… […]

]]> By: adria http://uiscape.com/2007/04/04/four-seconds-at-a-time/#comment-30 adria Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:00:26 +0000 http://uiscape.com/2007/04/04/four-seconds-at-a-time/#comment-30 This sounds like a really great study. I think there is a big difference between using a mobile device on the bus or train, in a hotel, at the airport, on the plane, vs. using it while driving, shopping, or walking through a crowded city. It's pretty intuitive that the brain can only handle so much going on at once. I think we get addicted to constant stimulation and communication. My dad can't sit for 2 minutes without playing sudoku on his treo. Other people I know can't drive alone for 10 minutes without calling someone on the phone because they are "bored." This addiction and compulsion to use our mobile devices at inappropriate times will continue to be an important issue in terms of safety and social interaction norms. This sounds like a really great study. I think there is a big difference between using a mobile device on the bus or train, in a hotel, at the airport, on the plane, vs. using it while driving, shopping, or walking through a crowded city. It’s pretty intuitive that the brain can only handle so much going on at once.

I think we get addicted to constant stimulation and communication. My dad can’t sit for 2 minutes without playing sudoku on his treo. Other people I know can’t drive alone for 10 minutes without calling someone on the phone because they are “bored.”

This addiction and compulsion to use our mobile devices at inappropriate times will continue to be an important issue in terms of safety and social interaction norms.

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