Comments on: Multitasking Is Evil? http://melissablogs.com/2009/09/28/multitasking-is-evil/ Information Pollination Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: O Bloody Hell http://melissablogs.com/2009/09/28/multitasking-is-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-16741 O Bloody Hell Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:55:26 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=14802#comment-16741 > When you multitask, you’re doing a lot of work, but you’re not doing most (or any) of it well. If you're an IDIOT, no doubt this is true. If you have any brains, you prioritize stuff adequately that you don't just hop from item to item without concern for its importance. As with just about anything else -- it's possible to take a good idea and run straight off the end of the earth with it. And often people will do this. But if you apply some common (BWAAAAHAHAHAHAAA) sense to the activity, it is quite possible to actually do things without doing them half-assed. > When you multitask, you’re doing a lot of work, but you’re not doing most (or any) of it well.

If you’re an IDIOT, no doubt this is true. If you have any brains, you prioritize stuff adequately that you don’t just hop from item to item without concern for its importance.

As with just about anything else — it’s possible to take a good idea and run straight off the end of the earth with it. And often people will do this.

But if you apply some common (BWAAAAHAHAHAHAAA) sense to the activity, it is quite possible to actually do things without doing them half-assed.

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