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That's a prime example of poor IM skills. Messaging someone "hey" is a productivity killer, as you said, for the reasons you said, which is why you just shouldn
by kstenerud 7y ago
That's a prime example of poor IM skills. Messaging someone "hey" is a productivity killer, as you said, for the reasons you said, which is why you just shouldn't do it.
Healthy IM communication should go a little more like this:
Working, working... beep
alt-tab
"Hey, are you working on bug #1234, or does someone else have it?"
"I'm working on #415, so someone else has it."
alt-tab
working, working... beep
alt-tab
"Do you happen to know where the Davidson account files went? I can't find them anywhere :/"
"No, sorry. Maybe try the Z: drive?"
alt-tab
And if you don't want to be interrupted by anything except critical things, set "do not disturb" mode.
- kenhwang 7y agoThis exactly. If I'm doing concentration heavy work, I'll mute IM and batch respond when I get water/bathroom. I also have toasts on a side screen so `hey` messages I can quickly read and ignore without losing focus. IM is only as distracting as you let it be, and it's relatively easy to make it no worse than email.
- jbverschoor 7y agoWelcome to the age of distraction. Where projects that should take a week take about 3 months bc of this crap. I hate IM for work. Email or other ways for people to think first.