Attention Deficit Disorder - a common trait?

About a year ago I got a Blackberry. Some call Blackberries "crack-berries" because they are so addictive. I must admit, I loved my blackberry (I recently switched to a RAZR phone). I miss my blackberry. It was so convenient to be able to check your email without being tied to a desk. You could SMS any phone easily. And when you normally reach for a magazine or newspaper headed to the men's room, you could forget all that because you could surf news via the internet on your blackberry. It was great. But, I noticed something was happening to me when I had this great little tool. I developed a nervous tic. If ever there was a pause in a conversation, or a time waiting in line, I would constantly reach back to check the status of my email. Constantly. I couldn't stop it. Then, about 9 months ago, I purchased a laptop. No need to go into my upstairs home office to do work, I can bring this great laptop into whatever room I'm in. In the evenings, and on the weekends, it's a common occurrence that I will have both the TV and the laptop on trying to multi-task. This is a problem for me, and I can't stop. Now, i have the TV on, that has 900+ channels on it. On demand movies, DVR capabilities, 24 hour headline news, 24 hours sports stations, dramas, comedy, weather, infomercials, whatever. And in addition to that I have the laptop monitoring my emails, I have my RSS reader monitoring all my favorite blogs and websites, and I often like to leisurly browse the internet, and in the event I get an idea in my head I can just pull the laptop close and do a little research. This is a problem. I'm finding it harder and harder for me to hold my attention to any one subject. I find myself flipping channels at record speed. I flip-flop between websites so fast you'd be amazed. It's a problem. This article calls it Attention Deficit Trait. Check it out. I think he's right...