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Re:Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting l... by anonuser123456 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:46PM (#26655343)
>Disclaimer: Googler >... Designing over VC is very difficult, especially for something entirely new. 3~4 people working on a single whiteboard is far more efficient.

That’s a heck of a sales pitch for Jamboard.

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Re:Google is accelerating reopening of offices and putting l... by tyingq on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:56PM (#26655424)
It just seems honest and pragmatic to me. There are nice collaboration tools, but there will always be a gap vs face-to-face. I think you just have to make other areas of remote work offset the lost value of that unfixable gap.
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