In the Mind of an Engineer

T. Brian Jones has written some interesting stuff. For instance, check out:

• Engineering Exchange: Top Ten Things That Annoy Engineers
• Industrial Interface: 10 Reasons Engineers Hate the Phone

I agree with him on most of this. In some ways, I behave like a quasi-engineer, but not entirely. Still, I have known several engineers in my day and many of his observations seem pretty spot on.

Another Jones article, Meetings & Multitasking Can Kill You And Your Kids, has some interesting ideas. In it, Jones includes a couple interesting links.

• Wired magazine: Multitasking Muddles Brains, Even When the Computer Is Off
• Dave Crenshaw: The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done

Finally, here is a bit of fun from Silvergames. Multitask is a Game that tests your ability to multitask. I scored a 22, then a 46, and need to see how far I can get.