Life Hacking

[c9]

Too busy? Too interrupted? Losing focus at work, at home? New York Times Magazine tackles our need for *less* multitasking: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/magazine/16guru.html

Long article, but very interesting read for the geeks and PMs* among us. :)

* who may also be geeks

Comments

[c9.livejournal.com]

All the email suggestions sounded good, but for me all I can think of is how often I get an email from some office that can be answered in seconds and how valuable that quick answer is to them. I'm known in Polar Bear as a guy who knows the answers fast, or finds them fast, so by dropping out of constant email, I'd be sacrificing that. I'm very hesitant to play that game, possibly to my detriment.

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

Could you have "email hours"? e.g. You're super-responsive until noon, then get quiet until another burt of response at 3pm-ish? I'm guessing that it doesn't hurt you to not answer mail when you're teaching. But then again, people can't just swing by to ask you a question in person when you're teaching either.

If anything, it would probably be better for the company if people started to think for themselves a litte more rather than just always rely on you. On the other hand, I suppose this gives you some job stability. ;-).