Comments on: The Art of UNItasking: A Semi-Reformed Multitasker Tells All

By: jennyym

jennyym — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:57:45 +0000

Which reminds me. This quote from Seth Godin made me flinch with recognition:

“I’d like to posit that for idea workers, misusing Twitter, Facebook and various forms of digital networking are the ultimate expression of procrastination. You can be busy, very busy, forever. The more you do, the longer the queue gets. The bigger your circle, the more connections are available.”

By: jennyym

jennyym — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:55:40 +0000

I still struggle. I think bribes and bargaining with yourself are totally acceptable.

Julia- I might have exaggerated about our channel line up. I think 6 was more like it, 4 UHF, 3 VHF. The rest was snow.

By: Christine Kwok

Christine Kwok — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:22:44 +0000

Once again, great…oh look! Something shiny… Ummm..yeah, once again, great advice from your blog. I think I’m going to have do it one step at a time… put the Blackberry down… Oh shiny… Thank you Jenny!

By: Sarah Auerswald

Sarah Auerswald — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:46:41 +0000

Like Julia, I bribe myself with email treats now to get my focused work done. I’m really addicted to the “look over here, look over here” aspect of email, so it’s a hard habit to break, but the rewards are big for breaking it.

Thanks for the reminder of the fallacy of productive multitasking.

By: Julia Frey

Julia Frey — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:20:37 +0000

I realize this is a little off topic, but DUDE, you had NINE Channels? We only had four! Oh wait, five. The fifth one was Japanese.

Back to the topic, thanks for these reminders. When I’m writing, I always turn off my email and close the web browser. It’s almost like a way to bribe myself. “Focus for X amount of time and then you can read your email/check twitter/play Lexulous on Facebook!”