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That first sentence feels a bit like an ad hominem attack to me. There's no call for that here. Slack, Teams, Mattermost, or any other real time chat applicati
by bovermyer 7y ago
That first sentence feels a bit like an ad hominem attack to me. There's no call for that here.
Slack, Teams, Mattermost, or any other real time chat application cannot replace email because they are different types of tools. They solve different problem sets, even if they overlap a bit.
I fall into the camp of people who believes that multitasking is bullshit and true productivity is only possible given long stretches of uninterrupted focus time. If someone needs something from me, they should talk to my scrum master or manager - that person will be best positioned to know the ideal time to interrupt me and get new work into my flow.
Work time doesn't mean anyone is allowed to interrupt anyone else whenever they want. Work is like a fluid, and its flow must be managed, or the plumbing is going to get stopped up or even burst.
- erikbye 7y ago> That first sentence feels a bit like an ad hominem attack to me. There's no call for that here. I meant stuck in the past as in unwilling to move beyond email for primary communication, and that second part of the sentence as in not being able to see that his problems with IM might not be others'.
- jessaustin 7y agoThe fact that "others" might not have OP's problem (or perhaps they're just in denial), does not mean that OP doesn't have the problem, nor that the problem is unimportant.
- uramfndit 7y agoyes it does. it means exactly that.