October 16, 2005
Quote of the day: Emails are a “Heisenbergian uncertainty trap”
Meet the Life Hackers - New York Times
Computer-based interruptions fall into a sort of Heisenbergian uncertainty trap: it is difficult to know whether an e-mail message is worth interrupting your work for unless you open and read it - at which point you have, of course, interrupted yourself. Our software tools were essentially designed to compete with one another for our attention, like needy toddlers.
What a fantastic article! Indeed, people who use computers are simply overwhelmed with information. Whether it was working on Entourage, or MSN Search Toobar now, I strive to do something about it.
Especially since it impacts me 
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