Comments on: Pros and Cons of Multi-Tasking http://blog.cyclope-series.com/2009/04/pros-and-cons-of-multi-tasking/ Let's talk productivity Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:36:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Multi-tasking or not? « Advance – an English Speaking Club in Hanoi http://blog.cyclope-series.com/2009/04/pros-and-cons-of-multi-tasking/#comment-1912 Multi-tasking or not? « Advance – an English Speaking Club in Hanoi Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:58:04 +0000 http://blog.cyclope-series.com/?p=497#comment-1912 [...] http://blog.cyclope-series.com/2009/04/pros-and-cons-of-multi-tasking/ [...] [...] http://blog.cyclope-series.com/2009/04/pros-and-cons-of-multi-tasking/ [...]

]]> By: Multitasking http://blog.cyclope-series.com/2009/04/pros-and-cons-of-multi-tasking/#comment-956 Multitasking Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:16:57 +0000 http://blog.cyclope-series.com/?p=497#comment-956 When I speak of multitasking as most people understand it, I am not referring to doing something completely mindless and mundane in the background such as exercising while listening to this CD, eating dinner and watching a show, or having the copy machine operate in the background while you answer emails. For clarity's sake, I call this "background tasking". When we speak of multitasking, what we really mean is that we are switchtasking: switching rapidly between one task and another. Yet, each time we switch, no matter how quickly that switch takes place in our mind, there is a cost associated with it. It's an economic term called switching cost—and the switching cost is high. When I speak of multitasking as most people understand it, I am not referring to doing something completely mindless and mundane in the background such as exercising while listening to this CD, eating dinner and watching a show, or having the copy machine operate in the background while you answer emails. For clarity’s sake, I call this “background tasking”.

When we speak of multitasking, what we really mean is that we are switchtasking: switching rapidly between one task and another. Yet, each time we switch, no matter how quickly that switch takes place in our mind, there is a cost associated with it. It’s an economic term called switching cost—and the switching cost is high.

]]> By: 10 signs of a workaholic | Cyclope-Series Team Blog http://blog.cyclope-series.com/2009/04/pros-and-cons-of-multi-tasking/#comment-491 10 signs of a workaholic | Cyclope-Series Team Blog Mon, 11 May 2009 09:34:53 +0000 http://blog.cyclope-series.com/?p=497#comment-491 [...] Multi - tasking is not an option for you, it’s the only option. [...] [...] Multi – tasking is not an option for you, it’s the only option. [...]

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