am bad in context-switching

A very vocal guy wrote an interesting post explaining the problem with context-switching (and more) in a job that requires as much focus as software development. In my case, I tend to easily get distracted, by things such as:

• desktop notifications
• receiving a phone call or an sms
• chatting online
• people in the office talking so loud I can't ignore them
• listening to a song I'm not in the mood of hearing or if it's got listen-to-me lyrics (EG, much of hip-hop)
• losing interest in the task at hand (probably the biggest problem of them all)

sidenotes

• I think context-switching is a better name than multi-tasking.
• I often wonder how Tracker developers tend to be so responsive on IRC, while developing the code. I honour them for that.