Doodle Communication & Technology

During the design of this blog, much thought was given to its objectives and how is it sending a memorable message to readers. According to Alan Liu from University of California, Santa Barbara “networked digital media do a poor job of balancing focal and peripheral attention.” Given that so much of our reading nowadays is online, how is it possible to stand out?

Here it is one solution: Doddle Communication!

Contrary to general belief, doodling does improve concentration. According to Jackie Andrade’s study at University of Plymouth people who were doodling while listening to names of people and places were able to remember better than people who were just listening. So I hope you enjoy the reading and prepare yourself for a good sketch!

More on media technology on next post.

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You can read more on the study: "What does doodling do?" By Jackie Andrade. Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 3, Feb. 26, 2009

or on the following articles:

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/does-the-brain-like-e-books/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/doodlerecall/#