43 Folders

Insanely great.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” Thanks, Steve.

”What’s 43 Folders?”
43Folders.com is Merlin Mann’s website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.

43F Podcast: The Myth of Multi-tasking

The Myth of Multi-tasking (mp3)

43Folders.com - "Multi-taskers" are really just splitting their time and attention into smaller slices than you; no one can really do more than one thing at a time. (2:34)


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…listening to a podcast is...

…listening to a podcast is way more time consuming and productivity-sapping than reading the equivalent post…

Uh, yeah. Transcripts? You’re all kidding, right? For a 3-minute podcast you require a written transcript?

It’s not a Papal Edict, people; it’s 180 seconds of caffeinated ranting.

With respect: if you don’t have 3 spare minutes to enjoy free audio content, then I’d humbly posit that podcasts may not actually be your bag.

Maybe someday, Sufficiently Advanced Technology™ can generate transcripts automagically, but that would be way too much manual overhead for such an informal product. Sorry, gang.

 
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