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I actually code with one tab open with Facebook...I trained myself to ignore it unless I have a free moment. Sometimes it's necessary for me to be responsive th

by Bahamut 11y ago

I actually code with one tab open with Facebook...I trained myself to ignore it unless I have a free moment. Sometimes it's necessary for me to be responsive there due to having plans to do something later with friends (i.e. meeting up in the afternoon to run or have dinner at Facebook). However, if I have important tasks to do, I keep a mental reminder to respond later and focus on my current task first. I agree with the rest of the points made though. Multitasking is generally difficult.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
Same here, though at work I keep just the Facebook Messenger on (it's on http://messenger.com http://messenger.com), mostly to stay in touch with my SO. I used to keep IRC too, but I find myself either too distracted by it, or too frustrated by being afraid of missing out. I find that my ability to divide attention is directly related to how much I'm enjoying the task at hand. At work I can barely keep focus, but when I get into the flow while working on a personal project, I can IRC, respond to e-mails, chat with few people on IM and browse HN while still doing solid work on the project, and without losing focus for a second. (Funnily, I remember that I was turning off my IM for coding when I was a kid, but that was only because my computer wasn't very strong, and the compilation would take 3x as long with the communicator open.)