Multi-tasking, in some cases, is really just micro-tasking; breaking up what we do in tiny chunks. So we look at our Blackberry for 2 seconds while we are walking down the street and then look up to see where we are going for 2 seconds. The trouble is that I can’t “big think” in short bursts. It is that long thought process that gets us to the great ideas, or hitting the sweet spot. Agreed that multi-tasking is a myth but what does that say about the women’s superior ability to multi-task?

http://www.careerjournal.com/columnists/workfamily/20030321-workfamily.html