On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thiba...@ens-lyon.org> wrote: >> Also, I tend to come across as offensive on-line to a lot of people. >> Being highly ADD, > > What does "ADD" mean?
Attention Deficit Disorder. In my case, it helps make me a good programmer, as I'm willing to work for years on end with a machine and little human interaction. In fact, I just work from home, and don't even go to the office. It also makes me less able to understand other people's emotional reactions, so it's best to be quite literal with me. Mostly I'm best at working on low-level hard-core algorithms, which is why I'm focusing on speech synthesis and recognition in my free time. However, as of last year, I'm taking a medication called Vyvance, which is basically speed. I find I can now track two or even three tasks at the same time, when normally I have to focus on only one task. It enabled me to take point on the Vinux 3.0 release, but it also probably contributed to my stay in the hospital with blood clots, which is why I'm backing off taking primary responsibility for Vinux software development. Bill _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
