Comments on: Multitasking is not productive http://www.coderfriendly.com/2009/09/06/multitasking-is-not-productive/ Writing about software and human behavior... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:22:58 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dave Crenshaw http://www.coderfriendly.com/2009/09/06/multitasking-is-not-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-9089 Dave Crenshaw Mon, 23 May 2011 01:55:53 +0000 http://www.coderfriendly.com/?p=528#comment-9089 Tools can be helpful to increasing productivity at work, it’s just a matter of choosing the right tools that works best for you and your team. Multitasking is something that many are proud to, but doing several tasks at once makes us less productive, more prone to errors and leads to high stress levels. We shouldn't be proud of it. Instead do only one thing at a time. To learn more about the effects of multitasking, take my free exercise at http://www.davecrenshaw.com/exercise Tools can be helpful to increasing productivity at work, it’s just a matter of choosing the right tools that works best for you and your team. Multitasking is something that many are proud to, but doing several tasks at once makes us less productive, more prone to errors and leads to high stress levels. We shouldn’t be proud of it. Instead do only one thing at a time.
To learn more about the effects of multitasking, take my free exercise at http://www.davecrenshaw.com/exercise

]]> By: Dave Crenshaw http://www.coderfriendly.com/2009/09/06/multitasking-is-not-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-9088 Dave Crenshaw Mon, 23 May 2011 01:54:38 +0000 http://www.coderfriendly.com/?p=528#comment-9088 Tools can be helpful to increasing productivity at work, it’s just a matter of choosing the right tools that works best for you and your team. Multitasking is something that many are proud to, but doing several tasks at once makes us less productive, more prone to errors and leads to high stress levels. We shouldn't be proud of it. Instead do only one thing at a time. To learn more about the effects of multitasking, take my free exercise at http://www.davecrenshaw.com/exercise Tools can be helpful to increasing productivity at work, it’s just a matter of choosing the right tools that works best for you and your team. Multitasking is something that many are proud to, but doing several tasks at once makes us less productive, more prone to errors and leads to high stress levels. We shouldn’t be proud of it. Instead do only one thing at a time.

To learn more about the effects of multitasking, take my free exercise at http://www.davecrenshaw.com/exercise

]]> By: coder-friendly http://www.coderfriendly.com/2009/09/06/multitasking-is-not-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-444 coder-friendly Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:36:23 +0000 http://www.coderfriendly.com/?p=528#comment-444 Jim, Thanks for the link: I wasn't aware of this study. The results are interesting. When I read this: "Psychologist Anthony Wagner suspects that media multitasking offers instant rewards that reinforce "exploratory" behavior at the expense of the ability to concentrate on a particular task.", I remember this article on Google: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google Geo, thank you for your comment. Nowadays, it's hard to work without the network ;-) CoderFriendly Jim,
Thanks for the link: I wasn’t aware of this study. The results are interesting.
When I read this: “Psychologist Anthony Wagner suspects that media multitasking offers instant rewards that reinforce “exploratory” behavior at the expense of the ability to concentrate on a particular task.”, I remember this article on Google:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google

Geo, thank you for your comment. Nowadays, it’s hard to work without the network ;-)

CoderFriendly

]]> By: geo http://www.coderfriendly.com/2009/09/06/multitasking-is-not-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-433 geo Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:37:00 +0000 http://www.coderfriendly.com/?p=528#comment-433 I agree. You should find all the documentation you need for a project and unplug your network cable :) I agree. You should find all the documentation you need for a project and unplug your network cable :)

]]> By: Jim Birch http://www.coderfriendly.com/2009/09/06/multitasking-is-not-productive/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Jim Birch Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:56:41 +0000 http://www.coderfriendly.com/?p=528#comment-432 High media multitaskers have been found to be lower cognitive capacities: http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/09/multitasking-bad-for-brain.html Cause or effect? Unknown. High media multitaskers have been found to be lower cognitive capacities:

http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/09/multitasking-bad-for-brain.html

Cause or effect? Unknown.

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