The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done

Post by Tabular-Iceberg » Sun, Apr 06, 2025, 5:14 PM UTC

swader999 wrote: post #100

Tabular-Iceberg wrote: post #59

This is where remote work goes off the rails, but then it’s wild how intentionally isolating the implementation of RTO that many large corporations are doing now. They line people up in rows, put headphones on their heads and wire them up to Teams and Jira to spend the whole day in isolation. Because taking a walk to another floor of building to talk to someone like a normal human being is too wasteful, but somehow f…

Meh, we haven't seen anything yet. Just wait till the AI managers take over. Keystroke, app usage, bugs, velocity, eye tracking, stool samples... All logged and dash boarded in real time.

Post by erikerikson » Sun, Apr 06, 2025, 5:19 PM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #162

erikerikson wrote: post #153

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Except we're largely talking about salaried employees who aren't paid by the hour.

They may not be paid by the hour, but they're being graded by the hour. It may be beneficial to the company to save overall "company time" at expense of wasting time for many individual employees, but I don't think this analysis accounts for the costs of people leaving or being fired. Both of those are very costly, but they're step changes and hard to attribute to any specific cause.

Post by stutonk » Sun, Apr 06, 2025, 5:26 PM UTC

spit2wind wrote: post #81

onemoresoop wrote: post #32

I may have ADHD, I never went for a diagnosis and found body doubling useful at times, especially when I was in school some decades ago, back then I had no name for it. However, I find white noise very helpful with staying on the task and with increased focus. My company moved, about a year ago, into a very cramped office that is also extremely noisy. This exasperated me, I would get drained of energy in a couple of…

Rather than stream noise over the network, I've generated it locally with either Sox or Chuck. I've since lost the Chuck script, but this is one for Sox: sox --no-show-progress -c 2 --null synth 3600 brownnoise band -n 1500 499 tremolo 0.05 43 reverb 19 bass -11 treble -1 vol 14dB fade q .01 repeat 9999

  CNoise noise => LPF lpf => dac;
  noise.mode("flip");
  lpf.freq(120);

  while(true) {
   1::second => now;
  }

Post by ironmanszombie » Sun, Apr 06, 2025, 5:40 PM UTC

jvanderbot wrote: post #136

goda90 wrote: post #132

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My employer was very quick to force return to office after covid lockdowns. Like they were willing to pour millions into subdividing offices into closets so people could isolate at work even, but the county health department gave them a stern look and they ended up scraping that and waiting another year to force RTO. But they actually put their money where their mouth is. Ad-hoc conversations in the hallway, going to…

I would love an offline only work environment. Just a small cadre of tech obsessed smart folks working in a room and talking when they need to. In grad school we did this. Everyone was heads down, except when they were stumped they'd go to the whiteboard, which was open invitation to discuss a problem, if you had time. That kind of "opt in" / volunteering help was way more trust building and low pressure than pulling…

Post by drzaiusx11 » Sun, Apr 06, 2025, 5:48 PM UTC

AbstractH24 wrote: post #184

drzaiusx11 wrote: post #165

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i don’t see how leadership has anything to do with it, at least any more than any other collaborating members of the team. all parties need “good enough” communication skills, which can be learned (to an extent). poor communication skills regardless of in office or remote will tank a project and if systemic, a company

Because in a fully remote environment it is easy to default to having transactional relationships and only when a job responsibility requires them. Just like I do with a customer service rep. You don’t see your coworkers in the hall, overhear them talking to their kid, or talk while working. Certainly don’t by default interact with folks who work in parallel. Not saying that in office means these things will certainl…