Building a walkie-talkie for remote work

Re:Building a walkie-talkie for remote work by steve1977 on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:12AM (#22136057)

>They can say "no" or "can you come back in 10?"

By then, the damage to concentration has already been made. Yes, you can set your status to "do not disturb". But you have to remember to do that.

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Re:Building a walkie-talkie for remote work by andyfleming on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:54AM (#22136244)

Sure, it's still an interruption, but I don't think it's completely derailing. That's why I compared it to stopping by someone's desk. It still requires both parties to be responsible and aware.

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Re:Building a walkie-talkie for remote work by barrkel on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:32AM (#22138577)

Stopping by someone's desk is derailing, FWIW. I frequently find myself losing 30+ minutes before getting flow back from a 2 minute interruption.

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Re:Building a walkie-talkie for remote work by p_l on Saturday January 25, 2020 @01:23PM (#22147697)

One interruption an hour is enough to result in me not being able to get anything done for the whole day...

Actually, I'm starting to think I lost ability to concentrate because of that.

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Re:Building a walkie-talkie for remote work by dorkley on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:14AM (#22137399)

You've clearly not got a clue how a software engineer works if you think its not derailing.

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