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Re: Show HN: Hacker Hall - Virtual Coworking

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Post by jacobsenscott »

mklim wrote: post #10
tootie wrote: post #7

What exactly is a "pomo"?

Term taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique meaning a short period where you're working hard. The basic idea of the technique is that you dedicate 25 minutes to strictly working, and then explicitly give yourself a 5 minute break to do whatever. The idea is if you carve out frequent break time you'll be more efficient and focused than if you're trying to sustain 8 hours of solid focus.

It's never worked for me. It takes me 15 minutes to get into a flow. Then the timer rings in 10 minutes and breaks it. An hour of solid work before a break might make more sense for programming.

Re: Show HN: Hacker Hall - Virtual Coworking

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Post by ycombinatorMan »

jacobsenscott wrote: post #21
mklim wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Term taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique meaning a short period where you're working hard. The basic idea of the technique is that you dedicate 25 minutes to strictly working, and then explicitly give yourself a 5 minute break to do whatever. The idea is if you carve out frequent break time you'll be more efficient and focused than if you're trying to sustain 8 hours of solid focus.

It's never worked for me. It takes me 15 minutes to get into a flow. Then the timer rings in 10 minutes and breaks it. An hour of solid work before a break might make more sense for programming.

these techniques are generally so much worse than just using ur brain tbh

Re: Show HN: Hacker Hall - Virtual Coworking

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Post by XorNot »

stcredzero wrote: post #17
JCzynski wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When actually interacting directly is not the point, it's pretty effective.

In that case, let's save some bandwidth and just synthesize the facial expressions. Mostly, it would be work/concentration, with occasional glances of affection towards the "viewer." Of course, we'd probably get this slightly wrong, fall into the uncanny valley, and everyone would be left with the subconscious impression that everyone else hates them, and furthermore is actually an alien doppelganger posing as a an a…

I've been curious about what the bandwidth would be like to image recognize my facial expression, encode it and then just send the event stream to a virtual avatar.

Re: Show HN: Hacker Hall - Virtual Coworking

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Post by moe »

XorNot wrote: post #23
stcredzero wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In that case, let's save some bandwidth and just synthesize the facial expressions. Mostly, it would be work/concentration, with occasional glances of affection towards the "viewer." Of course, we'd probably get this slightly wrong, fall into the uncanny valley, and everyone would be left with the subconscious impression that everyone else hates them, and furthermore is actually an alien doppelganger posing as a an a…

I've been curious about what the bandwidth would be like to image recognize my facial expression, encode it and then just send the event stream to a virtual avatar.

:)

Re: Show HN: Hacker Hall - Virtual Coworking

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Post by tootie »

jacobsenscott wrote: post #21
mklim wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Term taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique meaning a short period where you're working hard. The basic idea of the technique is that you dedicate 25 minutes to strictly working, and then explicitly give yourself a 5 minute break to do whatever. The idea is if you carve out frequent break time you'll be more efficient and focused than if you're trying to sustain 8 hours of solid focus.

It's never worked for me. It takes me 15 minutes to get into a flow. Then the timer rings in 10 minutes and breaks it. An hour of solid work before a break might make more sense for programming.

I think there's something to be said for breaking perseveration. I frequently find myself repeating the same wrong solution to a problem, then breaking for the day and solving it in 5 minutes when I start the next day. I don't think a timer is necessarily helpful. Rubber Ducking, pair programming or the venerated technique of asking for help work pretty well too.

Re: Show HN: Hacker Hall - Virtual Coworking

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Post by skinnymuch »

rckclmbr wrote: post #3

Cool idea, hope it gets traction. Somewhat related: I think VR is going to be huge for coworking. If you've used BigScreen ( http://store.steampowered.com/app/457550/ ) you'll know what I'm talking about. While you can't see peoples faces yet, and resolution in VR is still low, it really does feel like you're working right next to somebody, and I could see it be a thing.

I enjoy using Complice with the silent cams sometimes right now so thinking of how virtual coworking could be with VR is really cool. Can't wait!

Re: Show HN: Hacker Hall - Virtual Coworking

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Post by malcolmocean »

andersonmvd wrote: post #20
malcolmocean wrote: post #2

I got a ton of signups to Complice yesterday via the IndieHackers HN launch ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12269425 ) so I thought it would be cool to see if we could coalesce a new little community of people doing pomodoros (25/5 work/break periods) together online. One of my favorite features of HN is that it lets you limit how much time you spend on it per day. I love systems that work with the users' inte…

I've found a security bug and mailed malcolm $at@ malcolmocean and you know the rest of the email. Make sure to check it and fix, because it's severe. That aside, cool idea. I really enjoyed.

Fixed! Thanks muchly.
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