Comments on: 5 Ways to Multitask Productively… Using Email! http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Multitasking is Bad for You | Dr. Andrew Colyer http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58839 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:27:42 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58839 [...] 5 Ways to Multitask Productively… Using Email! http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/ [...]

]]> By: ciscoetl http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58838 Wed, 14 May 2008 01:14:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58838 A few weeks ago in my blog I highlighted some recent research at Oxford that shows that, contrary to popular belief, older workers might be better prepared to function in a multitasking environment than their younger counterparts.

http://ciscoetl.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/hardhats-for-tomorrows-knowledge-workers/

The researchers said that younger workers (18-21) who are subjected to constant interruption exhibit symptoms similar to suffering a ”kick in the head” and that older workers (35-39) fare much better under similar circumstances.

Food for thought…

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]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Why Emails Should be Short Instead of Nice « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58836 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:12:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58836 [...] in human connection. While short snappy emails and short snappy replies might come across as curt, research suggests that such messages lead to the highest productivity. That’s because short emails are easy to [...]

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]]> By: som http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58832 Fri, 11 May 2007 18:10:53 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58832 I just have to express my graditude, thank you for your site, it is a most massive site, I love your detail, your passion is spell binding.
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]]> By: IDcontent http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58830 Wed, 09 May 2007 00:03:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58830 Seems familiar to me – “multiprojecting” 3 to 5 projects per month and absolutely no multitasking per hour (minimum)
It work well enough.

]]> By: Top Posts « WordPress.com http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58829 Tue, 08 May 2007 23:58:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58829 [...] 5 Ways to Multitask Productively… Using Email! Conventional wisdom (and not a little psychological research) says that multitasking ruins our productivity. Since […] [...]

]]> By: Tricia Ares http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58828 Tue, 08 May 2007 23:55:31 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58828 For more on the pit falls of multi-tasking see Multitasking and The Human Hard Drive

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58827 Tue, 08 May 2007 11:47:04 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58827 MC, were you multitasking while reading the article? ;)

These researchers looked at multitasking on the scale of weeks and months, not at the scale of minutes. The way they defined it, headhunters managing multiple projects at once were more productive than those who managed fewer, up to about six projects. Then the benefits of this kind of multasking decreased.

Perhaps it should be called “multiprojecting.”

]]> By: MC http://gigaom.com/collaboration/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58826 Tue, 08 May 2007 11:15:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/07/5-ways-to-multitask-productively-using-email/#comment-58826 Recent neuroscience studies have shown that multitasking is counterproductive.

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