Give yourself a break from multi-tasking
Just try it. Give this podcast from Headspace about the healthy use of technology 15 minutes of your time. Pause to reflect on the way you use technology, and the…
The multi-tasking myth: how much more evidence do you need?
I just love hating multi-tasking. Self-styled multi-taskers are the most irritating, self-deluding, smug and dangerous people I know. Fortunately, they are doomed to distinction in evolutionary terms – their brains…
Change deafness, multi-tasking and ballet teaching
I was talking to a friend recently about scams and conmen. Our conclusion was that anyone who says ‘it would never happen to me’ is deluding themselves. The thing with…
Cyclists: beware multitaskers
The driver who caused the death of one cyclist and injured another while she was distracted for – listen carefully – two seconds while throwing a spider out of a…
Ha! I was right: singletasking IS the new multi-tasking
You may remember that I posted about the natty little program called Freedom that turns off your internet access for a time designated by you, so you can get on…
Multi-tasking again (that old chestnut)
Delighted to read somewhat belatedly in The Independent that Humans cannot multitask – (even women) . I’ve suspected this for a long time – multitasking is a myth, and that…