Email doesn't actively break flow. It's up to you to respond to it or even to check it in the first place. I find that I can switch between work and text commu

Email doesn't actively break flow. It's up to you to respond to it or even to check it in the first place. I find that I can switch between work and text communication very well. But any type of verbal communication will certainly break my flow. So I'm glad we have email and IRC instead of phone calls.