HOLY GODS this speaks to me: http://blog.ninlabs.com/2013/01/programmer-interrupted/
Another interesting read is "Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule", which really showcases how there are two different main activities in a company and how the people engaged in those activities simply have a completely different mindset: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
Quote from: Thorin on April 24, 2013, 01:06:43 PM
HOLY GODS this speaks to me: http://blog.ninlabs.com/2013/01/programmer-interrupted/
Another interesting read is "Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule", which really showcases how there are two different main activities in a company and how the people engaged in those activities simply have a completely different mindset: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
Nice find -- also it got me to this other article (actually a SE question+discussion) that really makes me shake my head in disbelief @ stupidity of some suits:
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/97917/my-company-wont-let-me-listen-to-music-anymore
I mean come ON cluelss PHBs! Joel Test #8 (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html) fer cryin' out loud!
My last job had stupid people with stupid rules like that. That business has soundly failed, at least to the point that the owner was forced out by creditors less than a year after I left.
Yeah the cluelessness of clueless PHBs is so... limitless...
Your OP eventually also got me to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_multitasking#Popular_commentary_on_practical_multitasking) , ending with me arriving at something that beautifully sums up what I think I've been doing virtually every day of my life for more than a decade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_partial_attention) (a reasonable response to "overchoice" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overchoice) of information, I suppose) ).
So... thanks for the distraction ( ;) ) but seriously thanks -- good, filling Food For Thought.
PS: imo merging this with http://forums.righteouswrath.com/index.php/topic,9520.0.html = makes sense, or something. Or not, meh, I'm gonna jump back into the Code Zone now so whatevs.
Quote from: Darren Dirt on April 24, 2013, 03:41:45 PM
something that beautifully sums up what I think I've been doing virtually every day of my life for more than a decade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_partial_attention)
Nice find there. CPA enables one to turn into a know-it-all that doesn't really know anything.
Quote from: Thorin on April 24, 2013, 03:58:53 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on April 24, 2013, 03:41:45 PM
something that beautifully sums up what I think I've been doing virtually every day of my life for more than a decade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_partial_attention)
Nice find there. CPA enables one to turn into a know-it-all that doesn't really know anything.
NOT SURE IF SERIOUS
OR SUBTLE BACK-HANDED INSULT
;)
But it's a real "thing"; even well-known journalist Thomas Friedman mentioned it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Interruption), in a New York Times article "The Age of Interruption (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/opinion/05friedman.html?_r=1&)" -- and that was 8 years ago! And in the years that followed, as a result of this cultural phenomena, some folks split people into "digital native" or "digital immigrant" classes -- rather ominous concept (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_native#Discourse) ; boy, now I feel old and near-obsolete...