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