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After a number of frustrating episodes for my wife and I, we came up with a plan. At my home office desk, I've got a 5x7 index card with a big red dot on one si
by pjmorris 4y ago
After a number of frustrating episodes for my wife and I, we came up with a plan. At my home office desk, I've got a 5x7 index card with a big red dot on one side and a big green dot on the other, which I use to communicate whether I'm interruptible. When green is showing, she's free to chime in about any random thing. When red is showing, it needs to be some kind of emergency. This has help us maintain domestic peace.
The shape and color of the dots borrowed from Brazilian steak houses where they have markers used to indicate whether the people serving various cuts of meat should stop by your table.
- manmal 4y agoReminds me of the „On air“ signs radio stations have on the wall to ask for silence.
- afarrell 4y agoIt is worth having a system like this. It is also worth having a shared understanding of what constitutes an emergency.
- hmsimha 4y agoI made a home dashboard to display on the TV, which integrated with Toggl (time tracker extension) when my partner and I were living together: https://github.com/HartS/toggl-home-dashboard https://github.com/HartS/toggl-home-dashboard Surprisingly, a feature to just "display a light when you're working" isn't super common. Since it was just a keyboard shortcut to start the timer (I was also contracting at the time), this ensured my partner could see I was working easily without having to ask me :) (apologies for poor code quality, this was hacked together extremely quickly... behind on tasks and needed a productivity boost, etc.)