Co-working with friends over video in virtual gather.town office
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#2Cute, reminds me of Gaia Online! Discord should buy that service!
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#3What the article didn’t mention is that trying to work with a camera constantly on is highly stressful for some people.
If it works for you, great. But don’t assume it’s better than regularly scheduled meetings.
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#4What the article didn’t mention is that trying to work with a camera constantly on is highly stressful for some people. If it works for you, great. But don’t assume it’s better than regularly scheduled meetings.
Thanks for mentioning this. I would get incredibly tense in a situation like this. Did I pick my nose? Did I spill water all over my shirt again because my bottom lip decided to give out? Does my bed look wrinkled? Did I smell myself? etc. etc. etc.
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#5What the article didn’t mention is that trying to work with a camera constantly on is highly stressful for some people. If it works for you, great. But don’t assume it’s better than regularly scheduled meetings.
Yeah… I’ve found audio-only is far more conducive to ad-hoc conversation. The closest I’ve ever felt to virtually “hanging out” with people had nothing to do with the modern era of group video chat. It was back when I’d jump into Ventrilo / Teamspeak / Mumble. Sure, there were video games as well, but I’d sit in there doing homework and other random crap too.
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#6Don't work 80 hours a week please.
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#7I hate these solutions that drive people towards having more and more meetings and working in committees.
If this is how you want to work with some people who prefer this mode of working, good for you. Go ahead and do that with that group of people, but just please leave me alone.
I want to work alone in a solitary and quiet setting with focus.
[Edit] I read a bit more, and it's even worse than I thought. You want me to be online all the time, and break my concentration every 30 minutes to talk to other people? How do people work this way? Perhaps I have a strong introvert bias when it comes to work, but even then, how do you build something creative with quality working like this?
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#8A couple months ago there's an article that discusses the Study Web in detail: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27347028
Inspired by this, I created a study/work Discord server that is focused on frontend design and development (arata.page/circle). Unlike the article in this thread, there are a few differences in our approach: first, the server doesn't enforce regular check-ins. Because the members are strangers from all over the places, we set our own schedule and do asnychronous chat during the break. Secondly, we tend to completely mute the input and output devices (some people like myself do a screenshare to keep them focus). This works alright for a tiny community like us.
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#9This sounds like a nightmare to me. Working for 16 hours, checking in with somebody every 30 min, only getting maybe 3x30 min break, telling people if I’m gone for more than 5 min, and just so much more. Seems like a great way to burn out.
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#10Are you and your friends all working for the same organization? Or are they just a bunch of friends working independently on their own things?