Got two minutes? Let a website take you on a quick vacation
Do you have a couple of minutes to spare?
If so, here’s something productive you can do with that time: nothing.
A young student and website developer named Alex Tew has created a site called “do nothing for 2 minutes” (donothingfor2minutes.com). The site opens on a view of a sunset over the ocean and the gentle sound of waves.
When you arrive at the site, a counter starts counting backwards from two minutes to zero. That may not sound challenging, but if you touch your mouse or keyboard before two minutes pass, this message pops up: FAIL.
I guess even relaxation has its pressures!
Alex told the website Tech Crunch: “There is evidence that our brains are being re-wired by the internet, because we get a little dopamine kick every time we check our e-mail or Twitter or Facebook and there’s a new update. So we’re all developing a bit of ADD.”
I’m not sure that visiting donothingfor2minutes.com will actually help lengthen your attention span, but it is relaxing if you can avoid the FAIL notice.
Source:
“Creator of Million Dollar Homepage Makes Do Nothing For 2 Minutes” Alexia Tsotsis, Tech Crunch, 1/21/11, techcrunch.com
