NADD

What is NADD?

Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder as coined by Rands in Repose.

This article was linked in the "Nerd Handbook" Dan posted below. I took the time go through both and was delightfully pleased with what I found. For the most part both articles represent truths in the life of a Nerd. Now, not all of the ideas pertain to all nerds since we do come in difference varieties but any nerd out there can relate to at least half of the things mentioned in either article.

Onto NADD though. I found this essay especially true to all nerds. As a quick test take a look at what's going on your screen right now. What do you have open and what are you working on? If it's more than three things and you're actively working on all of them then you probably have NADD. Currently I have open Outlook with my work e-mail, Firefox with four Tabs (GMail/Chat, Work Related, MacRumors Forum, and the blog to check editing), Access for work, Terminal Session, and an IE window to make this post. Now, granted, I'm only using five of those actively, but still. I obviously suffer from this affliction known as NADD.

-Michael