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The reality I see, is that all of us are overworked / with a lot of responsibilities. So it is easy to miss important emails or details. As long as we are clos

by siscia 6y ago

The reality I see, is that all of us are overworked / with a lot of responsibilities. So it is easy to miss important emails or details. As long as we are close to each other, very important things don't get lost.

bluejekyll 6y ago
Slack (or similar) seems to be filling this void. The tap on the shoulder, “hey, did you notice this?” The problem is, you can have 10-20 people tapping you on the shoulder all at once.
- neutronicus 6y ago
  Yes, and unlike Slack, in-person communication implements a Mutex where someone will see that someone else is talking to you and come back later without requiring any explanation or indeed awareness on your part.
  - Kinrany 6y ago
    Hmm, is there a messenger that has this feature? Just show a "talking to user @X"/"talking in channel @Y" status the same way Discord shows everyone the game you're playing. Butts in Seats 2.0!
    - sq_ 6y ago
      This Show HN from earlier today [0] seems like it might end up with that type of functionality, assuming I'm understanding what you wrote correctly. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23405722 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23405722
danaris 6y ago
That doesn't sound like a problem that remote work will either solve or cause. That sounds like a problem with staffing and management—hardly an uncommon one—that needs to be solved by either reducing the team's responsibilities, or increasing staffing. (Personally, I'm pretty damn sick of management, of any level, insisting that these are the responsibilities, these are the tasks, if you can't get them done it's your fault, even in the face of their team telling them, repeatedly, that they're overworked. That's abusive management, period. Hire more damn people.)
Supermancho 6y ago
> The reality I see, is that all of us are overworked / with a lot of responsibilities. The bigger the company, the less this is true (although there are also a whole host of smaller companies where this isn't true either). My last 3 companies are not filled with people who are overworked AND have little responsibility. Remote-only has exacerbated the slack.

by siscia 6y ago

bluejekyll 6y ago

Slack (or similar) seems to be filling this void. The tap on the shoulder, “hey, did you notice this?” The problem is, you can have 10-20 people tapping you on the shoulder all at once.

neutronicus 6y ago
Yes, and unlike Slack, in-person communication implements a Mutex where someone will see that someone else is talking to you and come back later without requiring any explanation or indeed awareness on your part.
- Kinrany 6y ago
  Hmm, is there a messenger that has this feature? Just show a "talking to user @X"/"talking in channel @Y" status the same way Discord shows everyone the game you're playing. Butts in Seats 2.0!
  - sq_ 6y ago
    This Show HN from earlier today [0] seems like it might end up with that type of functionality, assuming I'm understanding what you wrote correctly. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23405722 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23405722

danaris 6y ago

That doesn't sound like a problem that remote work will either solve or cause. That sounds like a problem with staffing and management—hardly an uncommon one—that needs to be solved by either reducing the team's responsibilities, or increasing staffing. (Personally, I'm pretty damn sick of management, of any level, insisting that these are the responsibilities, these are the tasks, if you can't get them done it's your fault, even in the face of their team telling them, repeatedly, that they're overworked. That's abusive management, period. Hire more damn people.)

Supermancho 6y ago

> The reality I see, is that all of us are overworked / with a lot of responsibilities. The bigger the company, the less this is true (although there are also a whole host of smaller companies where this isn't true either). My last 3 companies are not filled with people who are overworked AND have little responsibility. Remote-only has exacerbated the slack.