Re:Slack is the right tool for the wrong way to work
by cratermoon on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:45PM
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> Anybody can bother you at any time
I can't recall where exactly but at one seminar I took, well before chat programs were ubiquitous, the presenter called out in-person interruptions. Just a co-worker dropping by randomly and starting a conversation. There are ways to deal with that, but those tricks don't work so well in a virtual world when you can have dozens of people simultaneously demanding your attention. (and TBH they stopped working very well with the move to open offices)
I can't recall where exactly but at one seminar I took, well before chat programs were ubiquitous, the presenter called out in-person interruptions. Just a co-worker dropping by randomly and starting a conversation. There are ways to deal with that, but those tricks don't work so well in a virtual world when you can have dozens of people simultaneously demanding your attention. (and TBH they stopped working very well with the move to open offices)