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This is fascinating to hear. I'm curious: did the open-plan office have private spaces available for when you needed them? > I now make it a point to walk a
by JohnBooty 12y ago
This is fascinating to hear. I'm curious: did the open-plan office have private spaces available for when you needed them?
> I now make it a point to walk around the halls and
> drop in on people who are open to it (green status
> light on the door).
That's funny and interesting that they have actual lights on their doors. When I ran my own consulting thing and worked from home a lot (often at odd hours) my partner and I joked about having a radio-style "ON AIR" light above the door so she'd know when I was working; sounds like Microsoft is actually doing something like that!
In offices with "normal" doors sans lights I usually just use the time-honored system: completely shut door means "please don't interrupt unless you're telling me the building is on fire," a completely open door means it's party time, and if my door is open just a crack that means I'm working but you can come in and talk if you need me.
- qq66 12y agoNot everyone has them, they're called the "Blynclight." They just sit outside your door and light up with the same color as your status in Microsoft Lync (red = busy, yellow = away, green = available). If you're in a Lync meeting, or on the phone, or have set "do not disturb," your light will be red.
- tomjen3 12y agoThe problem with that is that getting interrupted with an instant message isn't usually as bad as getting interrupted in person: I always turn all the IM notifications down to a minimum and so the only change will be a new color on the icon which I tend to notice in a couple minutes.