Comments on: Multitasking

By: Multitasking

Multitasking — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:04:31 +0000

Multitasking is a myth. It just plain doesn’t exist.

When most people refer to multitasking they mean simultaneously performing two or more things that require mental effort and attention. What most people refer to as multitasking, I refer to as “switchtasking.”

Because the truth is we really cannot do two things at the same time—we are only one person with only one brain.

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: Jrf

Jrf — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:21:20 +0000

A bad case of *too much information* !!!

By: eveline

eveline — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:24:51 +0000

@autumn: only if he doesn’t know how to cook;).

By: autumn

autumn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:04:37 +0000

psh, i can park a car.
i can’t, however, cook.
strange? yes. sad for my future husband? definitely.

By: ranaway

ranaway — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:54:04 +0000

oh dearâ€¦ oh dear oh dearâ€¦ some things are just not meant to BE SAID.

(you could also pick in nose:P)

By: paganpope

paganpope — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:45:56 +0000

oh dear… oh dear oh dear… some things are just not meant to be multi-tasked…

By: Mike London

Mike London — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:40:30 +0000

Real multitasking! I can do that too!