[wwalker3]

Do you really have to have severe ADD to be a nerd? I'm super-nerdy by any measure, but have a very long attention span. Most nerds I know are similar -- that's how those ambitious nerd projects actually get finished.

The guys with the long line of abandoned projects behind them aren't true nerds, they're just dilettantes. Like raccoons, compelled to collect shiny things, but never doing anything useful with them.

I also watch one TV show at a time (OK maybe two, so I can avoid commercials), read one book at a time, and don't switch conversational topics in mid-sentence. Can non-ADD nerds like me get any props on the Internet, or are we hopelessly outnumbered?

[Freebytes]

The ADD stems from ignoring all topics that are not relevant to your current project. It appears to be ADD to most people, but in reality, it is simply ignoring irrelevance. "What do you think of the green dress?" "That is nice." "What about blue?" "Yeah, that is good." "What did I just ask?" "Uh...." "You have some kind of ADD!"