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The Downside of 'Hypertasking'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the one-track-minds-not-so-bad dept.

Combuchan writes "An interesting article from AZ Central expounds upon the downside of 'hypertasking,' doing far too much at once, such as talking on the phone while doing office work at the Starbuck's has a whole host of negative side effects: irritability, impatience, sleeplessness, an overly extended workweek, and is largely unproductive. With wi-fi hotspots popping up everywhere and computing power shrinking, are we all doomed? Or, as the article indicates, it's possibily evolution of the mind at work."

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  1. Re:Hypertasking by skaffen42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah. Definately leeds to anger and iratibility. And I'm not talking about the idiot on the phone.

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  2. I completely agr ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    wait, my cell phone's ringing ...

    "Hello, er, hold on, my crackberry is buzzing"

    [Check's ema, ...] "You've got mail!"

  3. Re:The trick is to make technology your slave by aspx · · Score: 5, Funny

    I prefer hypershirking to hypertasking. That's where you know you have lots of work things to do, but you ignore them all in favor of more important personal tasks.

    For example, shopping online and reading /. while making personal phone calls, listening to mp3s, and writing a poem for your girlfriend. Just remember to respond to work related voice-mail once a day so you don't get fired. Always complain about how much you have to do and try to look stressed. If you do that well, you can sometimes convince your coworkers to do your work. Since most spreadsheets don't have a "name" box, you get to take credit. Very effective.

  4. Re:The trick is to make technology your slave by wrf3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    First step: stop reading SlashDot. That would reclaim, what, about 5 hours/day?