Cleaning Out the Notebook II: Self-management.

Continuing to clear my backlog of bookmarks, this time focusing on personal psychology and productivity. §§§ Christine Rosen at The New Atlantis: The Myth of Multitasking Regular readers will know that I’m a foe of multitasking. Rosen’s exposition of the phenomenon and its pitfalls is excellent. Here’s a quote from one of the scientists she interviews: “We have to be aware that there is a cost to the way that our society is changing, that humans are not built to work this way. We’re really built to focus. And when we sort of force ourselves to multitask, we’re driving ourselves to perhaps be less efficient in the long run even though it sometimes feels like we’re being more efficient.” §§§ CIO Magazine: Change Management - Understanding the Science of Change I’m going to give this much fuller treatment some other time — my printout of the article is heavily annotated. But for now, please just take my recommendation that this is well worth r...