Friday, July 22, 2005
Driven to Distraction by Technology
CNET News.com says '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 the 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.'"
source:http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/22/0820214&tid=126&tid=187&tid=218
source:http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/22/0820214&tid=126&tid=187&tid=218
# posted by dark master : 7/22/2005 09:23:00 AM
