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I am not sure you really know how concentration works. For example: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-28923-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-28923-00

I am not sure you really know how concentration works. For example: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-28923-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-28923-001 "We found that cellular phone notifications alone significantly disrupted performance on an attention-demanding task, even when participants did not directly interact with a mobile device during the task." Imagine then what damage random people's voices asking you things while working would do to your concentration.

jiofih 7y ago
Did you read the Pragli article at all? It specifically addressss this.
- p_l 7y ago
  I did. I see no mention of special do not disturb handling, instead high value placed on others being able to start voice communication without waiting for you to accept - the only thing that is opt-in is answering them, by the time your attention is already wrecked.
  - tom_mellior 7y ago
    > no mention of special do not disturb handling There's a section on setting manual statuses, including one specific example of "focussing - do not disturb". The animated screengrab below suggests that if someone wants to contact you with such a status set they will get a window informing them and the option to bother you anyway. Not sure how special you would want your handling, but something is definitely there. Though it isn't really clear to me if the example in the screengrab is based on a status or on a calendar entry. I do agree that this isn't something I would want to work with, and as I wrote elsewhere, if my company had this I would set it to perpetual DND or just not run the software at all.
    - p_l 7y ago
      The resigned me would accept that DND mode because somehow it would be made hard to work without this software, possibly with HR involved. The naive me would think there's going to be something better or that people would actually respect that. The cynical experienced me wants a progressively higher level of pain delivered before you can call someone in DND mode.
      - jiofih 7y ago
        They also mention that what finally made it feel nice is automatically setting DND mode when there is a calendar event (including any “focus time” blocks you create).
        p_l 7y ago
        A big problem is that many people will ultimately ignore DND anyway.
        jiofih 7y ago
        The caller cannot ignore it, it will simply cause audio to not be accepted automatically.
- amhokies 7y ago
  From the HN guidelines: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

jiofih 7y ago

Did you read the Pragli article at all? It specifically addressss this.

p_l 7y ago
I did. I see no mention of special do not disturb handling, instead high value placed on others being able to start voice communication without waiting for you to accept - the only thing that is opt-in is answering them, by the time your attention is already wrecked.
- tom_mellior 7y ago
  > no mention of special do not disturb handling There's a section on setting manual statuses, including one specific example of "focussing - do not disturb". The animated screengrab below suggests that if someone wants to contact you with such a status set they will get a window informing them and the option to bother you anyway. Not sure how special you would want your handling, but something is definitely there. Though it isn't really clear to me if the example in the screengrab is based on a status or on a calendar entry. I do agree that this isn't something I would want to work with, and as I wrote elsewhere, if my company had this I would set it to perpetual DND or just not run the software at all.
  - p_l 7y ago
    The resigned me would accept that DND mode because somehow it would be made hard to work without this software, possibly with HR involved. The naive me would think there's going to be something better or that people would actually respect that. The cynical experienced me wants a progressively higher level of pain delivered before you can call someone in DND mode.
    - jiofih 7y ago
      They also mention that what finally made it feel nice is automatically setting DND mode when there is a calendar event (including any “focus time” blocks you create).
      - p_l 7y ago
        A big problem is that many people will ultimately ignore DND anyway.
        jiofih 7y ago
        The caller cannot ignore it, it will simply cause audio to not be accepted automatically.
amhokies 7y ago
From the HN guidelines: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."