Computers Quote by Ellen Ullman

I do think to some extent multitasking is a way of fooling ourselves that we're being exceptionally efficient.

— James Surowiecki

What looks like multitasking is really switching back and forth between multiple tasks, which reduces productivity and increases mistakes by up to 50 percent.

— Susan Cain

If you've ever watched someone who is a mother talk on the phone, feed the dog, bounce the baby, it's just astounding to see…

— Ellen Ullman

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

— Joss Whedon

Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.

— Daniel Levitin

Most of the work on multitasking suggests that it generally makes you less efficient, not more.

— James Surowiecki

“multitasking is a productivity drag masquerading as an efficiency booster.”

— Jocelyn K. Glei

“Even multitasking, that prized feat of modern-day office warriors, turns out to be a myth. Scientists now know that the brain is incapable of…

— Susan Cain

There's no such thing as multitasking.

— Jim Loehr

“Multitasking is a highly overrated thing if you ask me. Today, we do everything in twos and threes. There is no longer time to…

— Anirudh Arun

“Research is showing that so-called multitasking is a myth. The human brain cannot perform two different tasks at the same time.”

— David L. Hough

Multitasking, throughput, efficiency - these are excellent machine concepts, useful in the design of computer systems. But are they principles that nurture human thought…

— Ellen Ullman