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You want high and fast bandwidth between the different brains. Me writing something in my cocoon for 15 minutes, then someone reading that and replying what is
by koonsolo 5y ago
You want high and fast bandwidth between the different brains.
Me writing something in my cocoon for 15 minutes, then someone reading that and replying what is wrong with that is not very efficient.
Just throwing some thoughts in the open air and others responding to that, crystallizes much faster.
Same with giving feedback about user interfaces. It's so much easier to just walk to someone's desk and point at what you think should be changed. You can interact instantly.
That is not to say that I don't see the value in written communication, documentation and having a log of what happened. It's very much a trade-off.
- MrPatan 5y agoCalls are even lower latency, you skip the "walk to their desk" bit.
- saimiam 5y agoWhat crystallizes may have been reached quickly but there is no guarantee it is the best possible choice given all the known and unknown unknowns that the experts may have not considered. Then there is also the hierarchy of expert advice to consider where a room of experts some who are more senior (or louder or more convinced about their rightness) might push you towards a worse outcome than a well thought through option. I feel a decision taken “live” with the help of experts needs to be viewed with more skepticism than less.
- koonsolo 5y ago> a decision taken “live” with the help of experts Maybe we are talking past each other, because in that case I might agree. I'm talking about the case with only experts present. I know about A but not so much about B, the other person knows about B but not so much about A. We sit together and try to come up with the best technical solution.