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I wish I had a little LED at my desk that would sync with my IM status to show people when I was busy or available to chat online or in person. One of the earliest usability features in the online world but still not replicated in the real world.
Notice that if your development team uses chat or ticketing or email or some async communication mechanism a lot of these issues go away.
I wish I had a little LED at my desk that would sync with my IM status to show people when I was busy or available to chat online or in person. One of the earliest usability features in the online world but still not replicated in the real world.
I wish I had a little LED at my desk that would sync with my IM status to show people when I was busy or available to chat online or in person. One of the earliest usability features in the online world but still not replicated in the real world.
My ex-company uses those. They would sync up with our Lync clients and you could even set the color for each status. If anyone is interested I'll ask my old contact there.
I wish I had a little LED at my desk that would sync with my IM status to show people when I was busy or available to chat online or in person. One of the earliest usability features in the online world but still not replicated in the real world.
That's Facebook's culture. They're building a new HQ building. It has one of the world's largest bullpens. Almost everybody is in one huge room. (Floor plan: http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Frank-Gehry-... ) Apple is at the other extreme - they keep their groups isolated, often behind locked doors. Microsoft used to run recruiting ads for programmers pointing out that their programmers get offices wit…
That floorplan has got to be what Hell looks like. Holy crap.
I am thinking of it like some sort of weird combination of the desk arrangements of their old Palo Alto office on the scale of their new Menlo Park campus, only all indoors without the myriad of hallways and walls.
That's Facebook's culture. They're building a new HQ building. It has one of the world's largest bullpens. Almost everybody is in one huge room. (Floor plan: http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Frank-Gehry-... ) Apple is at the other extreme - they keep their groups isolated, often behind locked doors. Microsoft used to run recruiting ads for programmers pointing out that their programmers get offices wit…
I wish I had a little LED at my desk that would sync with my IM status to show people when I was busy or available to chat online or in person. One of the earliest usability features in the online world but still not replicated in the real world.
Among other products like this there's definitely a way!
I wish I had a little LED at my desk that would sync with my IM status to show people when I was busy or available to chat online or in person. One of the earliest usability features in the online world but still not replicated in the real world.
Not great if you don't like wearing headphones though.
That's Facebook's culture. They're building a new HQ building. It has one of the world's largest bullpens. Almost everybody is in one huge room. (Floor plan: http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Frank-Gehry-... ) Apple is at the other extreme - they keep their groups isolated, often behind locked doors. Microsoft used to run recruiting ads for programmers pointing out that their programmers get offices wit…
That floorplan has got to be what Hell looks like. Holy crap.