Serious Multitaskers Can Have 43 Hour Days?
from the ah,-those-43-hours-days dept
Not quite sure what to make of this, but, for those of you who complain about there not being enough hours in the day, you should be happier that you live in a world with the technology we have today. Rather than changing around your sleep schedule to squeeze in those extra hours, Yahoo thinks you should just be multitasking. According to a new study (sponsored by Yahoo) new technologies allow families to cram 43 hours of activity into a single day. Of course, it's not really clear what this means, and the article only suggests it's the result of people multi-tasking, and doing things that overlap (like surfing the web while watching TV). But, from the short description, it's not really clear if those things should really be counted as additional hours. Is surfing the internet a separate task from instant messaging? The article makes it sound like it's counted that way. Plus, even when people are multitasking like that, they're not giving their full attention to most of the things they're doing -- so it seems unrealistic to count them as additional "hours." Even then, it's hard to see how all of that is going to add an extra 19 hours to your day. It might have been a more interesting study if it meant people had an extra 19 hours compared to some time in the past. Things like dishwashers, washing machines and other types of technology clearly do save some time -- but it doesn't sound like that's what this study covered. Either way, even if it's true that we have so many more hours of "stuff happening" in a day, it seems to have the opposite effect of more time on most people. Plenty of people simply feel overwhelmed, and feel that they get less done with so much going on all the time.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Polyphasic sleeping worked for me though
Just wanted to say that Polyphasic Sleeping worked for me, I just couldn't continue doing this because I drove my girlfriend crazy being on such a sleeping pattern. I tried this for almost a week and the amount of hours I gained every day was stunning. Midnight coding never seemed so easy.
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The truth of TimeCube proves this, dumbasses
I contend that there are 8 simultaneous days, but scientists won't consider my TimeOctahedron theory because they are dumbasses and evil.
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Its not a matter of saving time...
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Re: Its not a matter of saving time...
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A better question is...
I'm missing the point of them sponsoring such a thing.
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Just further evidence...
I wonder how much of this study was done to cover for slackers abusing telecommuting privileges? :-P
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Off Topic
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Aren't there more than 43 hours for families?
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The only unfortunate thing is that I didn't leave the radio on and have a book spread out over my face while I was sleeping. Can you imagine the hours of activity I would've racked up?
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Slow Down!
Pull the iPod plugs out of your ears.
Put down your Crackberry.
Put your cell phone away.
Take a look around.
Listen to your world.
Intereact with the people around you.
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Times A Wasting
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Re: Times A Wasting
TechDirt is my favorite site to read off the wall articles that resemble poor comedic attempts such as those made by Al Franken-stein.
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Washing machines do NOT save time
The old dishwashers that required you to wash the dishes first didn't save much time, either.
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