I was out for a walk with a friend of mine the other day when we got on to the topic of the multitasking myth.
I usually write my blog posts first thing in the morning as that’s when I have the most energy. But today something came up, so you will need to excuse me if I seem a bit off as it is 3 p.m. as I sit here in Miami writing this blog post.
Last week, I ran into a former colleague of mine whom I have not seen in a couple of years. Every time we run into each other our conversation inevitably ends up in the same place – an experience we shared roughly 10 years ago.
According to author Nir Eyal in Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products: “Seventy-nine percent of smartphone owners check their device within fifteen minutes of waking up every morning. Perhaps more startling, fully one-third of Americans say they would rather give up sex than lose their cell phones.”
February 16, 2011, may very well be a day that lives in infamy in American game show history. Seven million homes watched intently as host Alex Trebek read the clue, “It’s a poor workman who blames these.”