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delinka on April 12, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Slack Is Not Where 'Deep Work' Happens

Now to contend with "well, can't get an answer so I'm blocked until 4pm!" In the corporate environment I'm in, this is a fabulous excuse used by many teams from around the world. Works for email as well.

wool_gather on April 12, 2019 | [–]

If hard blockages are legitimately happening on a regular basis, being able to ping other people is not a solution to the actual organizational problem, it's just a band-aid.

icholy on April 12, 2019 | | [–]

Then work on something else.

robbiep on April 13, 2019 | [–]

Well we’re a small team so that’s easier, and like I said it’s a trial. So we shall see!

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