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The virtual office is here to stay

13 points by billylindeman 5y ago

PragmaticPulp 5y ago
Note that "virtual office" in this case refers to Tandem's virtual office product, which is a sort of synchronous alternative to Slack. This article is more of a sales pitch than an honest discussion about remote work. From their home page pitch: > Spontaneous Conversations > Time zones got you working late? See who is also in work mode and get quick feedback on your work. When I'm working late, the last thing I want is for other people to pop in to spontaneous conversations with me. This product may be great for teams that thrive with always-on collaboration and struggle to contain their collaboration to scheduled meetings, but I personally think that it's better to adapt working styles to remote working tools than to try to adapt the tools to imitate the office. > True real-time Presence creates the feeling of being in an office with co-workers. You don't feel alone. You feel like you can talk to people as easily as turning your head (and, in a Virtual Office, you can). I don't think I want to bring the open office concept into remote working. I'm sure this is a great product for certain teams, but this isn't really ideal for heads-down work.
- subpixel 5y ago
  Yeah, I don't want my manager to see what app I am running at any time. Hard no!
  - bryanrasmussen 5y ago
    but how about letting your manager track the quality of your HN comments! Who wouldn't want that?
  - misterremote 5y ago
    My thought also. Just tweeted about it: https://twitter.com/misterremote/status/1395213302708555779 https://twitter.com/misterremote/status/1395213302708555779 I don't want to share what app I'm using in real-time (Smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes) Is this just me? But ok, nice way to be open & transparent I guess. Still my first thought is: seems like I always have to be mindful about what app I'm using right now as the whole team can see it when I read too much HN
nunez 5y ago
WARNING: mildly-veiled ad for Tandem

13 points by billylindeman 5y ago

Note that "virtual office" in this case refers to Tandem's virtual office product, which is a sort of synchronous alternative to Slack. This article is more of a sales pitch than an honest discussion about remote work. From their home page pitch: > Spontaneous Conversations > Time zones got you working late? See who is also in work mode and get quick feedback on your work. When I'm working late, the last thing I want is for other people to pop in to spontaneous conversations with me. This product may be great for teams that thrive with always-on collaboration and struggle to contain their collaboration to scheduled meetings, but I personally think that it's better to adapt working styles to remote working tools than to try to adapt the tools to imitate the office. > True real-time Presence creates the feeling of being in an office with co-workers. You don't feel alone. You feel like you can talk to people as easily as turning your head (and, in a Virtual Office, you can). I don't think I want to bring the open office concept into remote working. I'm sure this is a great product for certain teams, but this isn't really ideal for heads-down work.

subpixel 5y ago
Yeah, I don't want my manager to see what app I am running at any time. Hard no!
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago
  but how about letting your manager track the quality of your HN comments! Who wouldn't want that?
- misterremote 5y ago
  My thought also. Just tweeted about it: https://twitter.com/misterremote/status/1395213302708555779 https://twitter.com/misterremote/status/1395213302708555779 I don't want to share what app I'm using in real-time (Smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes) Is this just me? But ok, nice way to be open & transparent I guess. Still my first thought is: seems like I always have to be mindful about what app I'm using right now as the whole team can see it when I read too much HN

nunez 5y ago

WARNING: mildly-veiled ad for Tandem