Diagnosing the quirky, hyper, and compulsive personalities of most technology people, Rands In Repose has dubbed this affliction Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder (or NADD).

How can you tell if you've got it? "Stop reading right now. Look at your desktop. How many tasks are you working besides reading this weblog? More than 10? You've got N.A.D.D."

The article is just over a year old, but as I told the author at Six Apart's Movable Type 3.1 shindig, "Legal people needn't be in the dark about this condition. Who knows - one day it may become a recognized defense to committing a crime."