Wednesday, December 11, 2002
More Is Not Always Better
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 04:57 PM
Ted Ladd, a Brighthand columnist, has written an excellent article on the issue of efficiency and how it relates to our use of PDAs. It gave me a few things to think about as I stare at my task list...
"The term "efficiency" has been abused through over-use. In its most general form, efficiency is defined as the number of results produced in a given period of time. Given this definition, efficiency is not necessarily improved by multi-tasking, connection, and even interaction. As many professionals have discovered, we do not usually produce more simply by having more conversations, attending more meetings, or reading more emails."
"The term "efficiency" has been abused through over-use. In its most general form, efficiency is defined as the number of results produced in a given period of time. Given this definition, efficiency is not necessarily improved by multi-tasking, connection, and even interaction. As many professionals have discovered, we do not usually produce more simply by having more conversations, attending more meetings, or reading more emails."
