A new book on the market is testing that very question. Dave Crenshaw, author of The Myth of Multitasking, seems to think that you are NOT. In fact, he postulates that, in fact, there is no such thing as multitasking for humans.
I read his book (twice in fact) and conducted an email interview with him. His book has a few really good points and I am looking to incorporate some of them into my life.
1. Why is multitasking a waste of time?
A relatively newcomer to the GTD blogosphere has emerged, and she has a lot of good things to say. Kris Rowland, over at Fresh Focus, has posted an interview with me. She asked me some very interesting questions that really caused me to think, and think about some more…then a MAJOR work project hit me and delaying my answers to her. She did not go with any of the cookie-cutter questions that I see all over the web. She forced me to really think about technology and how it relate to GTD.
Yesterday, I was interviewed by Harlem Quijano and Peter Nikolaidis from the Fresh Ubuntu podcast. I have been a fan of Fresh Ubuntu for quite some time, and it was an honor for them to ask me to be on. We had a good time, and I got to give a brief overview of GTD and how it may evolve technologically speaking.
Peter has began to practice GTD, and Harlem was interested in what it was all about. Hopefully, I will be able to make a return appearance so that we can delve into some more GTD topics a little more in-depth.