Teamflow is a kind of virtual office, in which every worker has a “video” bubble, that others can interact with. This seems like a surveilance tool to me. But trust and management are polar oposites.

I wonder if @baldur has a take on stuff like this?

@matti "Reduce the friction to talk with your team." I think that friction is under appreciated. Although I don't agree with everything he says either, I do think that Cal Newport's distinction between deep and shallow work is valuable: Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. This communication tool just promotes busywork.

You are always in control of what gets shared. Turn off your mic or camera whenever you want — or let them turn off automatically when Teamflow is in the background. Need to focus? Set an away message and lock your space.

Negotiating availability on a day to day basis is stressful. As somebody who is about to finnish his working day which mostly consisted of meetings and calls: I recoil thinking about having even less of a chance to get out of a colaborative context. (Yes, to relax, but also: to get important work done).