Social Media at Work: Turn on, tune in, or drop out?
Posted: March 11, 2011 | Author: psygrammer | Filed under: General, Inner Game | Tags: email, IM, instant messaging, Productivity, social media, the zone | Leave a commentLast month in a post about working in The Zone I noted how the multitude of distractions on a typical computer screen can impact our ability to focus. This seems particularly so for tasks like programming that require high concentration.
But many working environments expect programmers - and other staff - to respond quickly at any time to email, IM, phone calls and more. I am reminded of my recurring experience in one company. I would receive phone calls or message along the lines of this.
“I sent you an email 5 minutes ago and you haven’t responded. What’s up?”
What I would think… “if I checked every email instantly then I’d get barely any work done.”
What I would actually say… usually something diplomatic.
So I when a relevant article on attentive disruption arrived I had to delve further.
