text: Hypertasking and Attention Deficit Disorder \\"Labor Day is meant to be a day of rest for workers, but hypertaskers will\spend it bent over their laptops at Starbucks, waiting for their non-fat venti\vanilla lattes while checking e-mail, reading newspapers and preparing for\Tuesday morning meetings."\\"The burgeoning number of WiFi hotspots and popularity of handheld electronics\that allow us to stay connected on the go may give us more freedom - but\there's a cost. Research shows that our brains aren't equipped for this much\activity. When we try to do more than even one simple task at a time, quality\of work diminishes and tasks take longer to complete. When we try to do this\for long periods, the result can be forgetfulness, sleeples ...\\