Thoughts on multitasking

- Theres no such thing as 'flow'  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)) in multitasking, and this is the mode in which we are most productive doing complex work

- Women are colloquially better at it…. But most 'traditional' women's tasks (housework, watching children) require frequent, small, bursts of attention, and don't require you to load any knowledge ('state') on the situation into your head. More complex or potentially dangerous tasks (such as attending to a squirming infant, and ironing) are *not* multitasked for obvious reasons.

- Multitasking is a copout for not setting boundaries with other people. "Sure I can do that for you….(while I juggle my five other projects)

Giving up multitasking for a week

 
Or at least cutting it back….

I'm flustered and whether I have ADD or not, it sure looks that way. Task X and Y are both due, but if task Y is more boring or daunting, I'll 'multitask' it with task X and end up barely touching it.

I've learned this behaviour over time, but maybe I can change my habits.

It means taking responsibility for how I allocate my time, and not putting down a task I've started until I reach a checkpoint or until I have to do so. It means setting boundaries with myself and other people.

I've read this http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/27/2221228&from=rss and then followed it up with this - http://fabadger.blogspot.com/2005/11/giving-up-on-multitasking.html

The latter advocates a task handling structure of

• Job in
• Job allocated a time to be done with full attention
• Requester informed of where their job is in my scheme of things
• Job done

I think that could work.

/I've got STOP MULTITASKING!!! Inked on my wrist.
//Buddhism has many, many words devoted to this concept, which indicates its been a Known Issue in the human brain for some time.

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Giant bees!

On projects

How much you procrastinate on projects is directly proportional to how
much you've already invested in it.
You can motivate yourself by inviting feedback from others.

Turns out I'd rather eat ground glass than apologizing when I've done
the wrong thing. But I do know when it's the right thing to do. And I
will do it, as I'm not a passenger, a pet or a child in this life.

--
Sent from my iPod touch

Two Hands

 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/heath-ledger-found-dead-in-new-york/2008/01/23/1201024937306.html?page=2

RIP. Gut feeling is 'tragic accident' instead of 'Michael Hutchence MK II'. Probably took enough sedatives to suffocate in his sleep, as he had pneumonia.

Very sad as he was about to hit it big via the next Batman movie.  

iPod Touch is "Mainstream wifi mobile platform"

 
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01/22/apple_ipod_touch_is_now_a_mainstream_wi_fi_mobile_platform.html

And a seeeeeeexy one.

/I broke. My icons jiggle.

//Roll on SDK?

Sorry guys

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEt_ee8lyiGM&refer=home
Offering my apologies...
I groped the bull and I think I broke it's mojo. I'll be consulting some voodoo texts to work out how to restore it.

/Hang tight! Its only money!