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Re: Body Doubling

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Post by marshmallowmad »

2devnull wrote: post #67
marshmallowmad wrote: post #57

I think this is the reason why in-person work environments will be more productive over the longer term for any larger organization. Not saying I’m against remote work, as I actually prefer it myself.

Seems like a pretty coarse level of analysis asking if “in-person” is better. What’s more productive for a manager will be different, maybe the exact opposite of what’s productive for a programmer. Some people get paid to talk, but many of us do not. The talking is paid for by our sacrifice of personal time, time spent with kids, or exercising or whatever. Managers, being decision makers, will push us back to offices…

I agree with you that productivity for managers versus programmers is different, but my view is that the majority of workers do more work in person and people actually really enjoy being productive! The “body doubling” that goes on in offices is IMHO an underestimated phenomenon, especially for new employees coming into the workforce. For remote work to be a permanent choice, I think we need to be a bit more honest about the benefits of being in-office. Giving employees the choice is very important to me, just trying to give my perspective.

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Post by manmal »

atemerev wrote: post #66
ilaksh wrote: post #58

The name seems like ridiculous marketing to me. Kind of like clickbait. I think more accurate would just be something like "silent work partners". It's also bizarre that people seem to think that having trouble concentrating for a significant period of time on something tedious means you have ADHD. It's not at all abnormal to struggle with this at times. It's really more extreme cases that should be considered ADHD.

ADHD is not just "having trouble concentrating". It is a completely broken prioritizer, executive function deficit, and nearly non-existing ability to linearize tasks into intermediate-scale command sequences. And tons of other things, some of them good (like immediate recall of association trees, whether we like it or not; this helps if you want some original ideas), but most of them bad. About 3% of population have…

Fully agree, and 3% might actually be a very conservative number.

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Post by 411111111111111 »

vorpalhex wrote: post #69
munificent wrote: post #61

There was a thread on Reddit recently asking what leisure time was like for people before radio, TV, and the Internet. Someone mentioned a memoir they'd read from the early 1900s and the part that stuck with them was how social everyone was. After work, people would go to friends houses, putter around town and catch up with neighbors, visit shops where they knew everyone, etc. I can't but think that so many of the ma…

As a reminder, you can still do those things. Have a weekly hangout day with friends with no firm plans. Spend time at hobbyist shops on the regular. Play board games with strangers.

It's theoretically possible, but not really if you're honest.

People have gotten used to the isolation, so they're not gonna enjoy it if you randomly invite yourself literally every day of the week. You'll need like-minded friends and that's not something you can really "just decided" to change.

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Post by romeros »

pella wrote: post #7

Is it like a https://www.focusmate.com/ ? "Distraction-free productivity Focusmate virtual coworking helps you get things done."

focusmate is 1:1 and only costs $5 a month.. its golden.. caveday is 50:1 and is a tad expensive and that one works too..

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Post by dsiroker »

pj_mukh wrote: post #14

Another option I've loved is https://www.flow.club/ Basically body doubling with 4-5 other people over 60-180 min sessions. Works really great.

Agreed! It also incorporates goal setting and time boxing, which are critical.

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Post by celtain »

squokko wrote: post #65
munificent wrote: post #61

There was a thread on Reddit recently asking what leisure time was like for people before radio, TV, and the Internet. Someone mentioned a memoir they'd read from the early 1900s and the part that stuck with them was how social everyone was. After work, people would go to friends houses, putter around town and catch up with neighbors, visit shops where they knew everyone, etc. I can't but think that so many of the ma…

Not even just the neighbors and friends - people used to live in large family units with 10+ people per household. This meant a much broader support network if, for example, you got ill and couldn't take care of your kid for awhile.

3 more family members are about to move into my house. No matter how much I tell myself that having a larger household and more social time will be "good for me", and of course having help with childcare will be hugely convenient, I'm really starting to dread the loss of privacy.

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Post by duncan-donuts »

Ilasky wrote: post #50
TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very cool. I wish there was a “join now” group rather than scheduling?

Thanks! And for sure - on the top of the Double page we have Double communities you’re able to join right now instead of scheduling a Double for the future.

Is that the “Let’s get going” button? It’s also not clear to me where I can start doing this right now.

If it is that button I’d suggest some sort of soft sign up flow. It’d be really nice if I could join a double immediately, give an email or some identifying info, and that’s it. After my first session make me finish the sign up.

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Post by Ilasky »

duncan-donuts wrote: post #79
Ilasky wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! And for sure - on the top of the Double page we have Double communities you’re able to join right now instead of scheduling a Double for the future.

Is that the “Let’s get going” button? It’s also not clear to me where I can start doing this right now. If it is that button I’d suggest some sort of soft sign up flow. It’d be really nice if I could join a double immediately, give an email or some identifying info, and that’s it. After my first session make me finish the sign up.

Thanks for the feedback! We'll keep working to make it clearer for sure.

To answer your question: yes, once you hit "let's get going" you should be brought to a soft sign-up. After that, you'll be redirected to a page that let's you join a Double community immediately via the "start now" button.

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