Paul Stanway Jr
07-24-2005, 09:50 AM
Driven to distraction by technology
By Ina Fried
CNET News.com
The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state.
The result, says Carl Honore, journalist and author of "In Praise of Slowness," is a situation where the digital communications that were supposed to make working lives run more smoothly are actually preventing people from getting critical tasks accomplished.
Read more at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-5797028.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnet
By Ina Fried
CNET News.com
The typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes by a phone call, e-mail, instant message or other distraction. The problem is that it takes about eight uninterrupted minutes for our brains to get into a really creative state.
The result, says Carl Honore, journalist and author of "In Praise of Slowness," is a situation where the digital communications that were supposed to make working lives run more smoothly are actually preventing people from getting critical tasks accomplished.
Read more at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-5797028.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnet