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They become a source of frustration. Others get everyone to drink a glass of water beforehand. As technology becomes cheaper and more powerful, the debate is intensifying about how far universities should go in restricting its use in classrooms. The ever-increasing speed and power of technology allow people to effortlessly toggle back and forth between tasks. Late last year, Jeremy Zawodny, who works with outside software developers at Yahoo Inc. Aside from just being rude, partial attention generally leads to partial results. Some said they were grateful to be able to concentrate, others were sullen, Herzog said.

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Universities, for example, invested small fortunes in wireless Internet only to come to an alarming conclusion: Others get everyone to drink a glass of water beforehand. I get distracted myself. It can become something that inhibits good teamwork.

Meetings have never been popular in Silicon Valley. Photo-sharing site SmugMug Inc. Late last year, Jeremy Zawodny, who works with outside software developers at Yahoo Inc. Etiquette has suffered in the process. Linda Stone, a software executive who worked for Apple Inc.

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Access designed to boost learning quickly became an irresistible distraction. No meetings make even more sense. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options.

The law school blocked wireless access in classrooms. Engineers would rather write code than talk about it.

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The reaction from students was mixed: The folks at Dogster Inc. As technology becomes cheaper debafe more powerful, the debate is intensifying about how far universities should go in restricting its use in classrooms.

After attending a few such meetings, Zawodny blogged about it earlier this month. The decision was in keeping with their philosophy of creating a collaborative culture, co-founder John Vars said.

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On the one hand, he said, he was tempted to skip meetings if colleagues divided their attention. Aside from just being rude, partial attention generally leads to partial results. He said he felt conflicted. Not everyone feels the urge to unplug. Attention is increasingly at a deficit in all facets of society -- the workplace, the classroom, the parafernalah council meeting and the social occasion.

Also banned from some conference rooms: University of Michigan law school professor Don Herzog said students were hunting for sublets, reading the newspaper, checking stock quotes or sending e-mail during class.

Some said they were grateful to be able to concentrate, others were sullen, Herzog said. Mobile and smart phones must be stowed on a counter or in a box during meetings. Bottom line, Vars said: People are communicating better, the flow is faster.

Over the pwrafernalha, companies have come up with innovative ways to keep meetings from sucking up time. But as laptops got lighter and smart phones even smarter, people discovered a handy diversion -- making more eye contact with their screens than one another.

The energetic chief executive of Ruckus Wireless, a Sunnyvale-based Wi-Fi company, is a known workaholic. The ever-increasing speed and power of technology allow people to effortlessly parafermalha back and forth between tasks. That frustration is so widespread that some start-ups cut meetings short or do away with them.