Tuesday, November 15, 2005

 

The Article of the Week 2

Title
Human Task Switches Considered Harmful

Author
Joel Spolsky

Description
The article attempts and succeeds to get across the idea that alternating between two tasks does not get either one done sooner.

My favorite quote from the essay is:
"have you ever noticed that you can assign one job to one person, and they'll do
a great job, but if you assign two jobs to that person, they won't really
get anything done?"


This enlightening essay applies to a broad audience. I would recommend sharing it with as many people as possible. Not just programmers.

# posted by Tod Birdsall, MCSD for .NET @ 7:24 PM  
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