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> Other startups ... are trying to use VR to make digital gatherings more immersive, though doing so takes away one of the few benefits of virtual meetings — be
by karmelapple 6y ago
> Other startups ... are trying to use VR to make digital gatherings more immersive, though doing so takes away one of the few benefits of virtual meetings — being able to easily multitask
I used to multitask during meetings fairly frequently. I’m trying really hard to stop.
If there’s the chance that someone can multitask at a meeting easily and very effectively, maybe they don’t need to be at the meeting?
- woutr_be 6y ago> If there’s the chance that someone can multitask at a meeting easily and very effectively, maybe they don’t need to be at the meeting? Speaking from personal experience, you often don’t have control over this. If I don’t attend meetings I get invited to, it’s seen as a lack of interest and being disrespectful. So I attend them to show my face, and then just do my regular work. And if I don’t, then people stop inviting me all together and assume I’m not on the project anymore. That leaves me with little choice. The whole thing about “leave meetings where you’re not needed”, only really works when you’re in a position of power.
- r00fus 6y agoIt’s not so much as “I can multitask therefore I don’t need to attend” but sometimes I’m there for 1-2 topics and it’s a status meeting where those may come up at any given point during the call but my involvement to other topics is limited and I can just passively monitor. This is lost successful when I have some rote task like filing TPS reports, replying to team slacks with confirmations and the like.