Sunday, January 15, 2006

the perils of multitasking

I knew it. Not only is multitasking a "moral weakness", it is bad for you!

From TIME magazine:

Help! I've Lost My Focus
by CLAUDIA WALLIS, SONJA STEPTOE
TIME magazine
Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006

Sunday, January 01, 2006

busyness

The Death of Stillness
The Price We Pay For Losing Our Private Peace
by Richard Mahler

This is a good column but it leaves out one thing. It does not discuss the phenomenon of people who wear and state their "busyness" as a badge of honor. These people are not even that busy, but they deliberately fill their schedules (and empty lives) and discuss their busyness in order to let other people know how busy they are. How's it going? Busy, busy, busy!