Threatening Birds

The threat comes from the direction of everyone who competes with us for the readers’ attention. Even Angry Birds, for that matter, because it consumes people’s time.

— New York Times associate managing editor Jim Schachter, in an interview with Israel’s Globes, talking about who he sees as a threat

Attention Versus Distraction? What That Big NY Times Story Leaves Out

Yesterday’s Sunday Times devoted the lead slot of its front page to a long examination of the effects of the web on the attention spans of teenagers.

What's Your iPhone App Attention Span?

Greystripe, an ad network for mobile applications and games, has a new report showing how consumers are using free iPhone applications.