Mutil Tasking is stupid

I have been saying this for years. The problem with multi-tasking is that at the end of the day the brain (or computer) can only do one task at a time.

clipped from www.nytimes.com Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic Think you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work to get more done in a time-starved world? Read on, preferably shutting out the cacophony of digital devices for a while. Several research reports, both recently published and not yet published, provide evidence of the limits of multitasking. The findings, according to neuroscientists, psychologists and management professors, suggest that many people would be wise to curb their multitasking behavior when working in an office, studying or driving a car. In short, the answer appears to lie in managing the technology, instead of merely yielding to its incessant tug.