The difference between creating and communicating is substantial. I'm much more productive at both when I set aside distinct time for each. (https://t.co/dx9KmsEzNX)
I'm 10y remote now and 99% of all interactions with my heavy remote / async teams are NOT done with calls / video.
It almost all in writing.
Everyone right now trying to optimize for voice / video communication is optimizing into the wrong thing.
So you're going crazy under lockdown?
I know the feeling. I've been in Beijing for the last two months. My housemate is away and I'm thousands of miles from my family.
I have some thoughts on how to make lockdown better. These won't apply to everyone, but they ring true for me:
My colleague @birgitta410 explains how behaviours usually associated with high confidence tend to make you less effective when designing software systems. Video should be out soon. #OReillySACon
That time I fled Communist Romania to a refugee camp in Austria, came to America, & years later became an exec @Google creating 10ks of jobs https://t.co/iaerM5gLHc