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There is some software to have a windows-like alt-tab experience, and you can decide to filter to current desktop or not
What is this miracle software?
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There is some software to have a windows-like alt-tab experience, and you can decide to filter to current desktop or not
What is this miracle software?
I don’t have ADHD but I get very distracted by Slack. Here’s what worked for me. 1. Slack app uninstalled on my phone. If I need it for something, I install it, use it, then delete again. 2. Slack app on my laptop fully closed by default. 3. Set times (about 5 a day) to check in and respond to notifications and scan channels. When I was a senior manager with lots of actually important messages these blocks were about…
I’ve also come to terms with the fact that I most likely will never be that “hero” on my team who responds to a slack question or actions an ask right away - I just don’t have the mental bandwidth to be heads down and context switch 5 times an hour.
I also only check email twice a day
Anything you can do to be more defensive and purposeful with your time, the better
This is not on you!
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I just tell everyone that if it’s not urgent enough to call me (on my phone), it can wait.
I apply this the reverse way too. Is this message I am sending important enough that I would call them to tell or ask the same thing?
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I apply this the reverse way too. Is this message I am sending important enough that I would call them to tell or ask the same thing?
The whole point of sending a message instead of calling them is the expectation that they will look at it and respond at a later time when it doesn't disturb them. If it were urgent, I'd call.
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The whole point of sending a message instead of calling them is the expectation that they will look at it and respond at a later time when it doesn't disturb them. If it were urgent, I'd call.
We use email for that. Besides, if the intention is for Slack to be as async as email, then why do we need to have notifcations and plings and red badges?
0. They need to rotate an "on-call" person who isn't necessarily expected to output work, but instead absorb and triage all the inbound requests.
1. It's rude to directly message someone on a team without a specific, recent context.
2. If an issue is serious enough, then the on-call person can pull in others.
Companies can diverge from this model at their own peril.
I started using 4 virtual desktops to manage distractions many years ago and it’s worked wonderfully for me. Desktop 1 is for chat, email, Spotify, and general web browsing. Desktop 2 is for software development only, nowadays VSCode. A separate browser profile is used here and only for development related browsing (docs, stack overflow, live testing). Desktop 3 is data and system administration. Remote terminals, Ex…