alt Hacker NewsI have moved to quiet notifications policy on everything and turned Slack to yet another email. It is much easier to work and concentrate on task. However some colleagues are unhappy to get response in 10 minutes ~ 1 hour.
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linhns • last Thursday at 6:11 PM
Exactly what I tried yesterday. Got a boost immediately as I also come around to accept that my colleagues have their work too, they can’t always respond promptly, especially as I’m working across timezones.
I've done this as well but the flip side for me is that I find myself probably checking various apps (etc) for new content probably more often than I would if I just had notifications on.
So ultimately, I feel like I've replaced an intolerable amount of notifications with an intolerable amount of application switching.
I acknowledge it's a me problem, of course, but it's still a problem. We are way too peppered with bits of "info" from way too many sources.