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had what I read today in the Financial Times Germany ". Dear sequentially " This is the title of an article whose main message makes me smile. Microsoft researching again on a solution to the great problems of our time. But for this problem Microsoft is in some way responsible. It is about the excess of information and communication.

Here's a quote: "E-mails, Internet and phone calls are fighting for the attention of the user, device make by blinking, vibrating and twirping sounds attention and entice many things at once and nothing done right. It's about nerves - and a lot of money. The New York consulting firm Basex has extrapolated to a survey of managers, that the American economy each year go through these disruptions $ 588 billion lost. "

Has anyone ever filed in this connection at Microsoft for damages? A little anecdote. One can in entering into a new Outlook e-mail link to a sound. One of my colleagues has set as a signal "Windows XP Critical Fehler.wav" (you can find in \\ Windows \\ Media), and at a level that allows the signal to advance to the men's room. Fortunately, I sit with my colleague not same office and not on the same floor.

But further in the text. Now a smart Microsoft software ( oxymoron ?), Which can be integrated into various communication tools (in development), to detect if the contents of a message important (see Bozo filter in the last post) or whether the recipient of the message especially receptive, is not involved in a conversation, or to do other important things added. Only if the aforementioned conditions are met, the message is delivered. Great! Unfortunately, there is the possibility of FTD not to comment directly, but the first thing I could think of was this: Why switch off the mobile phone not just from Outlook or terminated - at least for a few hours - or, or, ... Buy It would be protected from potential "attacks".

But no, the first modern man feels alive and important when it comes around it flashes, vibrates and fiepst and apply all these signals to him. That makes him part of the whole. Just do not lose the connection, always available. Do you know the basic principles of the time or better self-management?

Here are the Eisenhower method : All tasks are based on the criteria important / unimportant and urgent / not urgent distributed in four quadrants. All tasks in Quadrant unimportant / not urgent are not done.

• The Y-axis describes the importance of a task. If an object is located above, it is important. Is it settled down it is not important.
• The X-axis describes the urgency of the task. Is an object located on the right, the task is urgent. If the task is located on the left, it is not urgent.

This results in four possible combinations of the factors importance and urgency of their duties in a particular way of processing is assigned (see chart on Wikipedia).

How many of your e-mails and phone calls are the lower left and how many of the assigned to the upper right field? In my estimation: more than half the lower left ( trash ), the rest divided among the remaining fields. Leap. What does Microsoft? The company is working on a software that allows only the information immediately to penetrate me that are urgent and important:

It is so convenient to be immature.
I Have a book that understands for me,
a pastor who has conscience for me,
a doctor who assessed me for diet, and so on
(Author's note: "a software that allows for I selected information "),
need as I even try not to himself.

Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804), German philosopher

Are you immature?

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