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mobmash blog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-09-07 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:27:22 +0000

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By: David Cushman

David Cushman — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:53:49 +0000

I like the notion.
Is it possible, I wonder, to allow both systems to run within the same organism?
I’m thinking where telesales teams are told NOT to use the internet for personal use - because it’s perceived as a waste of their very efficiently (says who?) used time.
And in the same organisation we have someone like me - who advocates that sometimes you have to simply trust that by becoming involved in the network you will create value.

By: Musing about work patterns and wasting time | confused of calcutta

Musing about work patterns and wasting time | confused of calcutta — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:19:33 +0000

[…] later. Incidentally, some months ago, Anne Zelenka wrote a very good piece on Busyness to Burstyness that is well worth a read in this […]

By: Anne 2.1 » Blog Archive » Web Work Shift

Anne 2.1 » Blog Archive » Web Work Shift — Tue, 01 May 2007 16:48:45 +0000

[…] Adam Bayliss on Paradigm Shift: Busyness to Burstyness: Very interesting, I can relate to being a ‘bursty’ worker,… […]

By: Adam Bayliss

Adam Bayliss — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:30:05 +0000

Very interesting, I can relate to being a ‘bursty’ worker, and I’m between bursts at the moment.. that’s my excuse..

Fitting it into a work culture, it helps to have some mundane sort of things to do in between the amazing flashes of brilliance!

By: Burstworking discussion storm at acidlabs

Burstworking discussion storm at acidlabs — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:00:39 +0000

[…] us. He’s underwhelmed by Anne’s arguments. I wish Matthew had read Anne’s related post at her personal […]

By: James Governor’s Monkchips » Twitter vs Jott: One World vs One Country. Aanvangsleerfase overslaan

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:43:41 +0000

[…] Bursty people tend to aanvangsleerfase overslaan, but interestingly enough they’re probably less likely to need to RTFM because they immerse themselves in the services they use. […]

By: James Governor

James Governor — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:49:00 +0000

of course for it to be a kuhnian paradigm shift, though, *everyone* would have to move to the new way of thinking and say wow i can’t believe we used to think that. but we certainly do seem to be on the cusp of some fairly painful transitions. have you checked out Cote on miss busy and miss bursty yet? he adds some more goodness. i would say the snowball is definitely rolling down hill…

By: James Governor

James Governor — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:45:00 +0000

I am with Ric. I think its a fantastic discussion to have. And as for oversimplicity… you can never have too much simplicity! complexity just means its not mature yet… seriously its a dialectic between busy and bursty, which is why your framework is so useful.

By: Ric

Ric — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:05:03 +0000

Anne - two things:

First, I’m glad you still see a place for this blog.

Second - what a rich vein of discussion you’ve struck here! There is probably room to refine the terminology, although bursty v. busy does have a ring. I think that the bursty paradigm is uncomfortable because it’s not just the boss, but it’s ALL the social norms that prevail in a particular environment that you are pushing against, and while the *behaviours” can co-exist, I don’t think the *paradigms* can, because ‘bursty’ requires a new set of behavioural and social norms to prevail.