WorkingSmall: link roundup

by andrea, on November 3rd, 2010

If you like these posts, become a fan on Facebook. This is a collection of articles I found interesting and posted there over the past few weeks.

Here’s a bunch of great articles that I found over the summer, and I just remembered I never got around to posting them! For your reading enjoyment:

Productivity & Life Balance

If you only read one of the articles here, pick this one: How to Rebuild Your Attention Span and Focus (LifeHacker). Some of the tips are totally contradictory to some conventional productivity wisdom (e.g., dual monitors)

Neuroplasticity is how your brain changes its organization over time to deal with new experiences. . . . Things like Inbox Zero or cutting down on meetings may be handy tricks, but they don’t take neuroplasticity into account. The bet there is that you have a finite amount of attention to spend, and that attention range isn’t changeable. That stuff is handy for making the best use of your limited attention span, but it’s not going to improve your attention span. It’s not going to stop your brain from being easily distracted or unfocused if you’ve already trained it to be that way.