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One of the studies mentioned in that article argues that in an open office, individuals use more electronic communications, fewer face to face communication. Ar
by hyperpape 8y ago
One of the studies mentioned in that article argues that in an open office, individuals use more electronic communications, fewer face to face communication. Arguably that's fewer distractions, not more.
- inetknght 8y ago> Arguably that's fewer distractions I'd argue that you're wrong. What's the difference between getting distracted by a physical interruption or an electronic interruption? One's physical and one's electronic. They're both still distractions.
- hyperpape 8y agoAdmittedly, it depends on your configurations (edit: and social norms where you work). But email and Slack are both potentially asynchronous. A coworker talking is not.
- marcosdumay 8y agoThe notification GUI opening up in front of the element you was going to click isn't any asynchronous.
- hyperpape 8y agoI said "depending on your configurations". I have email set to pop up on my phone every 30 minutes. I have slack set to never send me a notification except for an @here or direct reply to me. These settings work decently for my current role. The one major hole is that the slack icon shows a red dot whenever I use ⌘-tab to switch apps, and the red dot appears on non-essential slacks that I'd rather not read so frequently. I'm aware that some people have unreasonable bosses who freak out when emails aren't answered faster. But clueless bosses will be clueless in any medium.