The Singletasking presentation I gave at Zoocamp Antwerp (May 09).

1. SINGLETASKING
BECAUSE MULTITASKING
IS ZOO 2008
ZOOCAMP ANTWERP 2009 - BY @TIJS

2. ABOUT ME
TIJS VROLIX
@TIJS ON TWITTER
TIJSVROLIX.BE IS WHERE I BLOG
NOCUS / PIXELPANIC / METATALE IS WHERE I WORK

3. MY PROBLEM IS
I’M INTERESTED IN PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING

4. ?
DID YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE THAT
HIPPOS CAN OUTRUN HUMANS?
WELL, I DID ;-) (SOME RESEARCH THOUGH)

5. ANYWAY, LET’S TALK ABOUT
BEING INTERESTED IN PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING

6. THERE USED TO BE THIS RATHER
SIMPLE SOLUTION CALLED
MULTITASKING

7. TWO TASKS ONLY
45 MINUTES EACH ONE HOUR

8. MULTI
TASKING

9. LET’S PRETEND WE’RE
COMPUTERS
EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN’T MULTITASK EITHER

10. PROBLEM IS
MULTITASKING DOESN’T REALLY WORK

11. MULTI
TROUBLE

12. CONTINUOUS PARTIAL ATTENTION
LEADS TO PROCRASTINATION
AND HUMAN UNHAPPINESS

13. MULTI
NOTHING AT ALL

14. INTRODUCING
SINGLETASKING

15. START WORKING RIGHT AWAY
IN THE MORNING

16. MINIMIZE INTERRUPTIONS
RSS, IM, SOCIAL NETWORKS, EMAIL
YES, EVEN TWITTER

17. MAXIMIZE WORKING ON
ONE THING AT A TIME

18. USE PHONE OR IN-PERSON VISITS
FOR QUESTIONS
NOT CHAT

19. CHECK EMAIL ONLY
AT FIXED TIMES
SEND EMAIL ANYTIME

20. NO EMAIL DURING
EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS
STOP WORKING AT SIX

21. FOCUS
ON ONE TO THREE ACTIVITIES
EACH DAY

22. FREE STARTED
TO GET YOU
TIP

23. EMAIL FOR SINGLETASKERS

24. SCHEDULE A NUMBER OF
EMAIL MOMENTS A DAY
AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT

25. VISIT KUKOO.COM AND FIND OUT!

26. SINGLETASKING
BECAUSE MULTITASKING
IS ZOO 2008
ZOOCAMP ANTWERP 2009 - BY @TIJS
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