{"id":1304,"date":"2013-09-05T07:50:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2013-08-21T17:48:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T00:48:28","slug":"multitasking-impacts-both-your-productivity-and-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/05\/multitasking-impacts-both-your-productivity-and-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"multitasking impacts both your productivity and mine"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s already plenty of research out there that says that multi-tasking is a myth<\/a>, that you’re just context-switching and not actually getting any of your individual tasks done any faster. \u00a0New research suggests that it’s actually worse than that: not only does your multi-tasking keep you from getting your stuff done any faster, but it also impedes others from paying attention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let’s look at this the context of Anil Dash’s recent strawman-filled diatribe against those who wish people would turn off their mobile devices when they’re at the cinema<\/a>, in which he says the following:<\/p>\n

I hear the arguments the fussy film people are making. They\u2019re all super, uniquely sensitive to light pollution, and the brightness of the screen is incredibly distracting to viewing the screen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not just people who are “fussy” or who are “super, uniquely sensitive to light pollution”. \u00a0It’s distracting, and (as the author of the study I referenced above puts it) disrespectful to your fellow audience members.<\/p>\n

I’ve been trying to leave my laptop back in my office when I’m in meetings, unless I’m actively taking notes with the laptop (since I type faster than I write). \u00a0This gives me even more reason to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s already plenty of research out there that says that multi-tasking is a myth, that you’re just context-switching and not actually getting any of your individual tasks done any faster. \u00a0New research suggests that it’s actually worse than that: not only does your multi-tasking keep you from getting your stuff done any faster, but it … Continue reading multitasking impacts both your productivity and mine<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}