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A 128oz tub of pork rinds with an easy-open cap is just a tool to alleviate hunger when you're looking for a salty snack. Placed next to an incredibly disciplin
by spoonjim 6y ago
A 128oz tub of pork rinds with an easy-open cap is just a tool to alleviate hunger when you're looking for a salty snack. Placed next to an incredibly disciplined person like an Olympic athlete, the tub will probably last six months and not damage their health. But placed next to an ordinary person it will definitely encourage overeating.
Tools placed in the hands of imperfect people will be used imperfectly, and in a way that amplifies the properties of the tool more than the priorities of the person.
- dasil003 6y agoBad analogy though because persistent channel-based chat is a good way to handle ephemeral and interactive collaboration, especially in a Covid world where few lightweight options exist. Do we have to open a Zoom, send an email or start a doc for every single thing? I get that some environments might be fine without group chat, but for others it's indispensable.
- HexagonalKitten 6y agoI've had jobs where every little thing required a bunch of back and forth. Integration, and spinning up a new product. Slack (or IRC if you aren't hooked on giant emojis) work well for this. But for the rest of my work there are questions but you can batch them if you think ahead, and write a good email. Or, just put the questions in the ticket and use the right collaboration tool. I find that all chat-derived information needs to be rewritten (ideally) or being cut&paste into a document because chat is either ultimately ephemeral, or lives in an entirely different system from the rest.