Adrien Joly

Mar 11, 2016

1 min read

stantly chipping away at your focus. Playing whack-a-mole wi… a second monitor. This invites you to keep one eye on the chat window, and the other on your work. Problem is that chat window is a black hole for your attention — constantly pulling your gaze, constantly chipping away at your focus. Playing whack-a-mole with unread indicators across dozens of rooms/channels causes manic context-s…

Is group chat making you sweat?
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Jason Fried

Thank you! Most people don’t seem to understand this! Sometimes I think that these people never have to focus on anything!

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Adrien Joly

Adrien Joly

Web software development × personal development. https://adrienjoly.com/now 🚀

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