So it removes one of the biggest benefits of remote work, ability to concentrate?
You can also include a camera in your face and screenshare all the time...
Building a walkie-talkie for remote work
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#12So it removes one of the biggest benefits of remote work, ability to concentrate?
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#13I have a friend who uses an always on audio for his entirely remote team and swears by it. I think it might depend on personality types. I’m willing to admit it does work for some teams even if my own initial reaction is “no way!”
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#14what's the benefit of this compared to a chat/slack request for a phone/videoconference call?
Not trying to be snarky, but did you read the article or did you skim it? The author explains the reasoning behind the walkie-talkie approach versus a phone call.
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#15This is an even more egregious violation of someone’s attention than IM. We tried to use mumble on one team with push-to-talk and it only lasted a few hours.
I grew up with IM and distributed teams online, and am very comfortable with it. It's my platonic ideal for remote/distributed communication... until expectations around response times are put into place.
If I can receive a message, respond to it four hours or a day later, and receive a phone call for anything more urgent than that, I'm happy to use IM platforms for collaboration.
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#16As a remote worker (and as someone who prefers remote work) I feel like this is attempting to recreate the feeling of stopping by someone's desk in an office. If that's what you want to recreate, I think this is an interesting approach, but I've always felt that remote workers do so specifically because they prefer not having in-office distractions. (Assuming those working remotely prefer to do so of course. I realize that's not always the case.)
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#17So it removes one of the biggest benefits of remote work, ability to concentrate?
You can also include a camera in your face and screenshare all the time...
I think the approach from some remote companies, which involved dedicated display with a camera that was _usually_ on (but could be _switched off_, just like closing doors to your office!) would be better than this "walkie-talkie"
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#18So it removes one of the biggest benefits of remote work, ability to concentrate?
It’s definitely possible to concentrate in an open office, it’s just an acquired/cultivated skill. Besides that, if someone on your team interrupts you and they’re not just being inconsiderate, they are actually enabling you to concentrate on the thing you need to be, which is this other person’s question.
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#19As a remote worker (and as someone who prefers remote work) I feel like this is attempting to recreate the feeling of stopping by someone's desk in an office. If that's what you want to recreate, I think this is an interesting approach, but I've always felt that remote workers do so specifically because they prefer not having in-office distractions. (Assuming those working remotely prefer to do so of course. I realiz…
Depends on what you do.
My first job out of college was a database ops team that was distributed across 6 locations across the country. We basically lived and died over Nextel direct connect voice channels and AOL IM. It was a superpower.
Re: Building a walkie-talkie for remote work
#20As a remote worker (and as someone who prefers remote work) I feel like this is attempting to recreate the feeling of stopping by someone's desk in an office. If that's what you want to recreate, I think this is an interesting approach, but I've always felt that remote workers do so specifically because they prefer not having in-office distractions. (Assuming those working remotely prefer to do so of course. I realiz…
We hope that statuses / our calendar integration provide the outlet for remote workers to have focus time. It's definitely a balance!