{"id":27616,"date":"2017-05-25T19:44:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T17:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27616"},"modified":"2019-02-01T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T12:42:55","slug":"is-group-chat-making-you-sweat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/25\/is-group-chat-making-you-sweat\/","title":{"rendered":"Is group chat making you sweat?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Jason Fried has an excellent write-up on the pros and cons of using group chat for the team communications<\/a>, and some of the ways to make it better. We use HipChat<\/a> in the company<\/a> and while it’s vital to our operations and I can’t even begin to think how we could do what we do without it, it does have some negative side effects – exactly as James describes them.<\/p>\n

The most valuable advice out of that long article is this one (I’ve heard it before a few times, but it’s worth repeating):<\/p>\n

Think about it like sleep. If someone was interrupted every 15 minutes while they were trying to sleep, you wouldn\u2019t think they\u2019d be getting a good night\u2019s sleep. So how can getting interrupted all day long lead to a good day\u2019s work?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jason Fried has an excellent write-up on the pros and cons of using group chat for the team communications, and some of the ways to make it better. We use HipChat in the company and while it’s vital to our operations and I can’t even begin to think how we could do what we do … Continue reading Is group chat making you sweat?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Is group chat making you sweat? #work #HipChat #office #communications #productivity #collaboration","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[3408,3179,90,3397,139,1079,3318,17],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-27616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-chatops","tag-collaboration","tag-communications","tag-hipchat","tag-office","tag-productivity","tag-qobo","tag-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26375,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/26\/dont-use-slack-for-foss\/","url_meta":{"origin":27616,"position":0},"title":"Don’t use Slack for FOSS","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects\" is a compelling case for why you shouldn't use Slack for Free and Open Source Software projects. \u00a0Make sure to read the discussion in the comments as well. \u00a0(By the way, many of the arguments apply to HipChat too). 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