No, I haven't changed the parameters, you are artificially limiting them. Anyone who does a substantial fraction of those activities will have their email running as well, and will compulsively check emails as they come in.
You, for example (quoting from an old post of yours): > In answer to your specific question, at the time I sent the last email > where I said I want to be able to multitask, I was answering an email, > on three IRC networks (talking in two channels actively), on IM with > a friend in London and checking twitter for a search I'd done. Of course, I don't think that you were working at that time, but same idea. > From: mike <xha...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: It's an app world, and it could swallow all computing > > You changed the parameters to make your point. Steve didn't mention > email...he was talking facebook, twitter..sms and games. Do the experts > recommend putting requests for jobs up on facebook? > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:09 AM, David K Watson > <davidkirkwat...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Two things: first, as has already been pointed out, email creates a >> record and can act as a reminder. Productivity experts generally >> recommend the use of emails over verbal requests. Knowing >> that there is an electronic record that can be forwarded to the >> boss is a big incentive to taking timely action on requests. >> >> Second, you were complaining that people were wasting their >> productivity using their smart phones. To a certain extent, they >> are trapped in a self-reinforcing cycle. Getting work related >> emails on those same phones interferes with that cycle, making >> it easier to break out of it. Of course, the other peer pressure >> tactics should continue as well. > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
