Comments on: New Productivity Study Suggests Ditching Visual Alerts http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 10 Tips: My Personal Journey Toward Maintaining Inbox Zero http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89961 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:01:25 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89961 [...] get little bings and bongs or flashing lights every time I get an email. It’s just too distracting, especially when I am focused on client work. I check it regularly, but on my own schedule. I like [...]

]]> By: employer http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89960 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:02:56 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89960 I wouldn’t hire any of you who are delusional enough to think you can do any substantial and important work while constantly monitoring social networks, messaging, etc. Unless your job is trivial and doesn’t require even the most basic amount of concentration, you can’t work and play at the same time with any level of efficiency. My employees and I work when we are at work, and play when we aren’t. You just can’t do the two at the same time. At the very least, I won’t employ anyone who doesn’t know how to separate work from play.

]]> By: Switch from Visual to Audio Alerts to Cut Down on Distraction [Distraction] | Computer Tips and Tricks http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89959 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:46:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89959 [...] Have your own tips or tricks for receiving information and alerts without being driven to distraction by them? Let’s hear about it in the comments. Workers Should Turn Off Visual Alerts, Study Finds [via WebWorkerDaily] [...]

]]> By: Switch from Audio to Visual Alerts to Cut Down on Distraction [Distraction] | Computer Tips and Tricks http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89958 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:35:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89958 [...] Have your own tips or tricks for receiving information and alerts without being driven to distraction by them? Let’s hear about it in the comments. Workers Should Turn Off Visual Alerts, Study Finds [via WebWorkerDaily] [...]

]]> By: Shocker: study shows visual alerts distract you from doing work | The Apple Tech Blog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89957 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:20:47 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89957 [...] [via Web Worker Daily] [...]

]]> By: robbiekay http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89956 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:04:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89956 Yes, I find visual alerts distracting. However, I’m a very visual person, so I could see how it might depend upon a person’s orientation. Having said that, I also find audio alerts distracting. I struggled at work between not wanting to lose focus every time an email arrived, yet also not miss those all-important “someone’s put donuts in the mailroom” emails. :) What I found has worked for me is to turn off the visual alert and use the softest audio alert I could find–it’s just a swooshing sound. I think for me the visual cue just sits there in the task tray tempting me to look and see what the new email is, whereas when I hear the swoosh it’s just a reminder that when I finish my current task to check email.

]]> By: Switch From Visual To Audio Alerts To Cut Down On Distraction | Lifehacker Australia http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89955 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:45:55 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89955 [...] Should Turn Off Visual Alerts, Study Finds [via WebWorkerDaily] [...]

]]> By: Why You Should Ditch Visual Alerts and Use Sounds Instead | Task Blog http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89954 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:03:29 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89954 [...] on your computer to minimize distraction. The study, conducted at the University of Cardiff, got a mention on Web Worker Daily earlier this [...]

]]> By: Switch from Visual to Audio Alerts to Cut Down on Distraction [Distraction] · TechBlogger http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89953 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:58:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89953 [...] Have your own tips or tricks for receiving information and alerts without being driven to distraction by them? Let’s hear about it in the comments. Workers Should Turn Off Visual Alerts, Study Finds [via WebWorkerDaily] [...]

]]> By: Switch from Visual to Audio Alerts to Cut Down on Distraction [Distraction] | TechBlogs Today http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89952 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:17:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89952 [...] Have your own tips or tricks for receiving information and alerts without being driven to distraction by them? Let’s hear about it in the comments. Workers Should Turn Off Visual Alerts, Study Finds [via WebWorkerDaily] [...]

]]> By: Bernie Walko http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89951 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:08:40 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89951 In this world of instant gratification and multi-tasking we now have generations of young and sometimes old people who actually, truly, believe they can multi-task. Except for a very few simple tasks these people are deluding themselves. Even when they make mistake after mistake, they still want to cling to the myth that they can do several things well at one time.

Please stop all (visual and audio) automatic notices for everything. Check e-mails “between” completed work tasks and limit social networks to break and meal periods. You’ll be surprised how much you’re error free productivity increases. The healthier you’re company is, the healthier your job security is.

]]> By: Switch from Audio to Visual Alerts to Cut Down on Distraction [Distraction] · TechBlogger http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89950 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:58:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89950 [...] Have your own tips or tricks for receiving information and alerts without being driven to distraction by them? Let’s hear about it in the comments. Workers Should Turn Off Visual Alerts, Study Finds [via WebWorkerDaily] [...]

]]> By: Shocker: study shows visual alerts distract you from doing work | Unit1 http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89949 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:12:59 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89949 [...] [via Web Worker Daily] [...]

]]> By: Visual Alerts Actually Make You Less Productive, Study Says | Everything's Social http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89948 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:10:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89948 [...] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments   [...]

]]> By: Visual Alerts Actually Make You Less Productive, Study Says | Products & Tech News http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89947 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:38:30 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89947 [...] Read Tagged as: entry, growl, hodgetts-at-the, productive, research, study, switched.com, top Leave a comment Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) ( subscribe to comments on this post ) [...]

]]> By: Dave Westerheide http://gigaom.com/collaboration/new-productivity-study-suggests-ditching-visual-alerts/#comment-89946 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:15:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=24321#comment-89946 I’m not sure that I agree with the conclusion or recommendation. I believe it may just be a matter of a person’s concentration. About 15 years ago, I used to complain to management about the auditory alerts. Nothing like hereing a seemingly never ending series of “gleeps” around an open office when HR would send out alerts in the middle of the day about an upcoming deadline or someother non-time sensitive item. My argument was that everyone stopped what they were doing to read something that should have been made available only early in the morning when people logged on. I often see the visual alert and give it a quick scan to see if it’s something important and whether I can wait a while before stopping what I am doing. The more frustrating occurance is when the person who sent the e-mail walks over to my desk within 5 minutes and asks “Did you get my e-mail”.

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