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Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by djbusby »

javajosh wrote: post #313
Aurornis wrote: post #289

This is at least the 3rd version of this product idea that I’ve seen in the past decade. Certainly the nicest design! The first time I saw this was some friends of friends who were trying to make it into a startup. They quickly discovered that their users liked the idea of a busy light for the office, but didn’t like to update it on or off throughout the day. So after the first few days people just defaulted to leavi…

Perhaps the real solution is to default to "busy" and only show "available" on a trigger, like web-browsing or staring into space.

Staring into space is what I do when thinking. Lots of my job is thinking. Maybe that's why folk ignored my busy indicator.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by djbusby »

mxfh wrote: post #222
parhamn wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Put a CO2 + temp/humidity sensor in there and it's a no-brainer. The sensors could be nice to hack on too.

with matter support that could just well integrate with the rest of home automation. There is a lack of devices with big nice dials for that. +1 CO2/PM2.5

Maybe aranet4 device as add-on? It does BTLE.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by harry8 »

kstrauser wrote: post #300
egeozcan wrote: post #246

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's always that person. The only solution is renting your own office (not even home office unless one lives alone).

Murder is always an option. If you can get one thought worker on the jury, you'd never be convicted.

Surely it would be closer to justice if one were to dispatch the various management gurus and architects who claimed open plan was acceptable and any CEO who agreed with that garbage?

Here's a new idea, will it be adopted? Well does it increase office misery - then yes. If one idea gets past that goes the other direction its removal will be the most pressing management concern. Presently the biggest trend in the c-suite is how to end remote work in the face of all its positive metrics. Hot-desking, which has nothing positive about it for anyone, get behind it!

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by kstrauser »

harry8 wrote: post #323
kstrauser wrote: post #300

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Murder is always an option. If you can get one thought worker on the jury, you'd never be convicted.

Surely it would be closer to justice if one were to dispatch the various management gurus and architects who claimed open plan was acceptable and any CEO who agreed with that garbage? Here's a new idea, will it be adopted? Well does it increase office misery - then yes. If one idea gets past that goes the other direction its removal will be the most pressing management concern. Presently the biggest trend in the c-su…

Can one volunteer for jury duty? Asking for a friend.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by dylan604 »

ssl-3 wrote: post #320
dylan604 wrote: post #319

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're missing the obvious play to subsidize the price by making that LLM enabled with a mic and then selling all of that training data. The price could then come down to $19.99.

I forgot the phased 32-element microphone array! How silly of me. It will listen in all directions at once, 24/7/365, and send the recordings home to mother. If done right, that should keep the end-user price below $10.

The sub $10 unit will also include cameras for the additional training data

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by ssl-3 »

dylan604 wrote: post #325
ssl-3 wrote: post #320

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I forgot the phased 32-element microphone array! How silly of me. It will listen in all directions at once, 24/7/365, and send the recordings home to mother. If done right, that should keep the end-user price below $10.

The sub $10 unit will also include cameras for the additional training data

At some point, it starts to make sense to pay people to take these things.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by GivinStatic »

javajosh wrote: post #313
Aurornis wrote: post #289

This is at least the 3rd version of this product idea that I’ve seen in the past decade. Certainly the nicest design! The first time I saw this was some friends of friends who were trying to make it into a startup. They quickly discovered that their users liked the idea of a busy light for the office, but didn’t like to update it on or off throughout the day. So after the first few days people just defaulted to leavi…

Perhaps the real solution is to default to "busy" and only show "available" on a trigger, like web-browsing or staring into space.

Nobody will mark oneself as not busy, either because the management might be taking note or one truly doesn't make time to be open to more work.

It looks like to me that due to previous solutions, people try to improve upon in the same domain. May be the premise of the solution is wrong.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by Geezus_42 »

Aurornis wrote: post #289

This is at least the 3rd version of this product idea that I’ve seen in the past decade. Certainly the nicest design! The first time I saw this was some friends of friends who were trying to make it into a startup. They quickly discovered that their users liked the idea of a busy light for the office, but didn’t like to update it on or off throughout the day. So after the first few days people just defaulted to leavi…

That is certainly an issue. However, in reference to this design, I don't understand the point of having apps like weather and notifications if the large screen that would display such things is meant to face away from you so that others can see your status.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by jareklupinski »

Suppafly wrote: post #311
Aurornis wrote: post #289

This is at least the 3rd version of this product idea that I’ve seen in the past decade. Certainly the nicest design! The first time I saw this was some friends of friends who were trying to make it into a startup. They quickly discovered that their users liked the idea of a busy light for the office, but didn’t like to update it on or off throughout the day. So after the first few days people just defaulted to leavi…

> Eventually people will realize the light is busy when the person isn’t really busy Like the geniuses that block off their whole day everyday on their calendar or set their Teams status to unavailable all day.

> the geniuses that block off their whole day everyday on their calendar

as someone who leaves themselves open to hear out others with their "hey do you have a second to check this out" ideas

y'all are missing out

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by leetbulb »

burnte wrote: post #72
leetbulb wrote: post #41

Oh my, this is something I've been wanting to create. Something simple like an illuminated on-air sign outside my office door. This is awesome, and awesomely over-engineered.

Check out BlyncLights from Embrava. Much simpler and cheaper. I've installed them in a few companies and have one at home so my wife knows when I'm in a meeting or free.

Perfect!
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