The job market today is very competitive, and having the right
skills is vital for any employee to grow professionally and climb up the
corporate ladder. Multitasking is one among such important skills, and a tech
startup has developed a smartphone app which will help users in developing
their multitasking ability.
The leader of the app development team gave a brief insight
into this new app, which is reportedly quite close to being released to the
public. “It is mainly meant for two-wheeler drivers. They are often found to be
practicing their multitasking skills as they go through the notifications or
the numerous forwarded WhatsApp messages they receive in their groups while
they are driving their two-wheeler. The app we are working on will send a
notification to such multitasking motorcyclists when they are about to get into
a collision.”
Elaborating further, the team leader says, “My philosophy is
that the world is advancing technologically at a great pace, and it is
necessary to catch up with such advancements and get over the old-fashioned
practices and ways which are often wasteful in terms of time. Continuously
watching the road, for me, is one such wasteful process. Some of the time
wasted in keeping eyes on the road can instead be spent in more important
activities like checking FB updates for whether your friends who were chilling
in Wayanad at the time of the Nepal earthquakes were safe, or other important
activities as per the user’s preference. Many two-wheeler drivers can be seen
these days trying to perform such type of multitasking. But, it is currently not
a safe practice and given the immense value of human resources, I believe that
this app will add the much-needed dimension of safety to these multitasking
attempts.”
When asked about the time required to react to the
notification and properly control the vehicle, the team leader shared his observations
on day-to-day life. “So many people who are installing new softwares manage to
instantaneously read and agree to the terms and conditions. So many people are
able to almost instantaneously forward a received WhatsApp message into all
their groups; some go even further and show their ability to read, understand
and put up a thumbs-up emoticon in the blink of an eyelid after some amazing
shayari or other soul-stirring content is circulated in the WhatsApp groups. Also,
there are several people who manage to buy articles on those mega sales on
websites like Amazon and Flipkart, which usually get sold out moments after
they start. Going by these metrics, reaction time should not be too much of a
problem. When this app is installed, it will warn the users that they can
expect notifications to pop up at any moment, sometimes in large numbers. This,
I believe, will lead to great improvement in their alertness and attentiveness
as well.”
