Comments on: Multitasking and Time Wasting http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/02/multitasking-and-time-wasting/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Vince Bellwoar http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/02/multitasking-and-time-wasting/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Vince Bellwoar Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:57:26 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=127#comment-464 I was going to read this when it came out but I got distracted by 5 other things. I recall an APA Monitor cover story on "Data Smog" and something to the point that our lives are filled with so much data that it all seems like smog after a while. How will the young brains of the next generation adjust? While many decry what is happening to our kids, how they don't communicate well, how they have no patience, how they text when they drive, etc., I am a big believer in evolution. They'll figure it out. As for us, God help us and our poor productivity and feeling stressed because our brains can't adjust to the data smog. Therefore, I, for one, have NOT gone with a Blackberry. I like my dinners out uninterrupted. I'll create some "smog-Free" zones in my life ( the golf course is a great one, so is running). And I hope to teach my kids some of the same.--Vince I was going to read this when it came out but I got distracted by 5 other things. I recall an APA Monitor cover story on “Data Smog” and something to the point that our lives are filled with so much data that it all seems like smog after a while.
How will the young brains of the next generation adjust? While many decry what is happening to our kids, how they don’t communicate well, how they have no patience, how they text when they drive, etc., I am a big believer in evolution. They’ll figure it out.
As for us, God help us and our poor productivity and feeling stressed because our brains can’t adjust to the data smog. Therefore, I, for one, have NOT gone with a Blackberry. I like my dinners out uninterrupted. I’ll create some “smog-Free” zones in my life ( the golf course is a great one, so is running). And I hope to teach my kids some of the same.–Vince

]]> By: Kathy http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/02/multitasking-and-time-wasting/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Kathy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:59:27 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=127#comment-449 Thanks for your comment, Debi. I could not agree more. Unfortunately, I don't always have the capability of not being available. Service to our customers comes first, so other tasks come second if I am in line to do customer service when one of our staff is out of the office. But I certainly do enjoy the days when I can close my door and work on a training video, or some such task. It is a much more satisfying way for me to work. Thanks for your comment, Debi. I could not agree more. Unfortunately, I don’t always have the capability of not being available. Service to our customers comes first, so other tasks come second if I am in line to do customer service when one of our staff is out of the office. But I certainly do enjoy the days when I can close my door and work on a training video, or some such task. It is a much more satisfying way for me to work.

]]> By: Debra http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/02/multitasking-and-time-wasting/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Debra Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:10:54 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=127#comment-446 I agree that age is a factor in losing the ability to multi-task as I once could. But with age, I have gotten the wisdom that multi-tasking only cheats each task I'm trying to do. None are done as efficiently or as detailed as they would have been had I been giving them all my attention. Multi-tasking is actuall a time waster. As you state, inherently some jobs must be full of interuptions. If your job is not one, you become twice as efficient when you only make yourself available during set times, when you only return phone calls at set times....and therefore devout yourself to the task you are doing. I agree that age is a factor in losing the ability to multi-task as I once could. But with age, I have gotten the wisdom that multi-tasking only cheats each task I’m trying to do. None are done as efficiently or as detailed as they would have been had I been giving them all my attention. Multi-tasking is actuall a time waster.

As you state, inherently some jobs must be full of interuptions. If your job is not one, you become twice as efficient when you only make yourself available during set times, when you only return phone calls at set times….and therefore devout yourself to the task you are doing.

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