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Being mindful during video calls

Working remote means I'm on a lot of video calls. I've come up with a bunch of little tweaks to help with attentiveness and mindfulness during the call. It is important to show you're listening. Look at the camera often When you're

The Slack Channel Effect

Instead of talking in a big group we split off into separate channels which is somewhat anti-collaboration. I realized the other day that channels in Slack (or any other group messaging platform) are both good and bad. When there are a small number of rooms it's easier to

E-mail Notifications Aren't Always Useful

https://www.flickr.com/photos/restlessglobetrotter/2660204217 Notifications are an essential part of most computer systems. Operations happen asynchronously and users who care about the completion of them need to be notified somehow. In most cases e-mail is the primary way someone is notified. E-mail has been around forever and

Apple's Public Mailing Lists

You may not be aware but Apple has a pretty extensive set of public e-mail discussion lists. https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo There are topics ranging from fundamental Objective-C issues through to development for their various desktop applications. Some of the lists are quite chatty but you can subscribe