singletasking

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The Singletasking presentation I gave at Zoocamp Antwerp (May 09).

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BECAUSE MULTITASKING

IS ZOO 2008SINGLETASKING

ZOOCAMP ANTWERP 2009 - BY @TIJS

ABOUT METIJS VROLIX@TIJS ON TWITTERTIJSVROLIX.BE IS WHERE I BLOGNOCUS / PIXELPANIC / METATALE IS WHERE I WORK

MY PROBLEM ISI’M INTERESTED IN PRETTY MUCH

EVERYTHING

DID YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THATHIPPOS CAN OUTRUN HUMANS?WELL, I DID ;-) (SOME RESEARCH THOUGH)

?

ANYWAY, LET’S TALK ABOUTBEING INTERESTED IN PRETTY MUCH

EVERYTHING

THERE USED TO BE THIS RATHERSIMPLE SOLUTION CALLEDMULTITASKING

TWO TASKS45 MINUTES EACH

ONLYONE HOUR

MULTITASKING

LET’S PRETEND WE’RECOMPUTERSEVEN THOUGH THEY CAN’T MULTITASK EITHER

PROBLEM ISMULTITASKING DOESN’T REALLY WORK

MULTITROUBLE

CONTINUOUS PARTIAL ATTENTIONLEADS TO PROCRASTINATIONAND HUMAN UNHAPPINESS

MULTINOTHING AT ALL

INTRODUCINGSINGLETASKING

START WORKING RIGHT AWAYIN THE MORNING

MINIMIZE INTERRUPTIONSRSS, IM, SOCIAL NETWORKS, EMAILYES, EVEN TWITTER

MAXIMIZE WORKING ONONE THING AT A TIME

USE PHONE OR IN-PERSON VISITS

FOR QUESTIONSNOT CHAT

CHECK EMAIL ONLYAT FIXED TIMESSEND EMAIL ANYTIME

NO EMAIL DURINGEVENINGS AND WEEKENDSSTOP WORKING AT SIX

FOCUSON ONE TO THREE ACTIVITIES

EACH DAY

FREE TIPTO GET YOU STARTED

EMAIL FOR SINGLETASKERS

SCHEDULE A NUMBER OFEMAIL MOMENTS A DAYAND TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT

VISIT KUKOO.COM AND FIND OUT!

BECAUSE MULTITASKING

IS ZOO 2008SINGLETASKING

ZOOCAMP ANTWERP 2009 - BY @TIJSHVD Comic Serif Pro is the new Comic Sans

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