A conversation with Tim Sanders, Yahoo’s Chief Solutions Officer postulates a new disease that is physically and mentally debilitating. He defines it as: "NEDS is an acronym for new economy depression syndrome. It’s a mental state that a result of a combination of information overload and frequent interruption resulting in and erosion of personal close relationships. The symptoms are anxiety, fatigue, stress and lower productivity and irritability in a team environment."Intesting, my coworkers and I used to laugh when we did conference calls or webcasts because we would prefer to meet online, even in the office, rather then physically get together, because we could multitask: listen and do emails, etc. at the same time. In this environment, we all must increase our "bandwidth" so that we can input and output much more quickly with minimum processing time. I'm glad this condition has a name!
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Actually, there is another name for the same condition: Chronic Cubical Syndrome (CCS). View this Dilbert episode to learn more http://www.hulu.com/watch/51150/dilbert-the-fact