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Many of these complaints are just as valid for any business or organization trying to function as a modern software-based org in this day and age. You have rem
by rsanheim 10y ago
Many of these complaints are just as valid for any business or organization trying to function as a modern software-based org in this day and age.
You have remote workers, flexible schedules, people traveling everywhere, all doing knowledge work that depends upon sustained focus and reaching a flow state. All of which Slack and synchronous chat detract from.
Slack just happens to be easy and convenient, so orgs end up using it by default.
Obligatory link to 37 signals post on this topic: https://m.signalvnoise.com/is-group-chat-making-you-sweat-744659addf7d https://m.signalvnoise.com/is-group-chat-making-you-sweat-74...
- tmail21 10y agoHope this does not come across as self-serving, but I think it is relevant to the discussion. We have built a product around what we call "Deep Collaboration". Deep Collaboration is fundamentally asynchronous in nature. The term is derived from Cal Newport's book on Deep Work. Deep Collaboration allows teams to collaborate asynchronously thus enabling Deep Work (which group chat basically kills). If you read his book (highly recommended btw) you will see how individuals (and organizations) can produce transformative results via Deep Work. Unfortunately, his solutions to actually obtaining the uninterrupted time required for Deep Work is unrealistic in today's collaborative environments. That's where Deep Collaboration comes in. https://tmail21.com https://tmail21.com. Would love any feedback from the HN community.