[nabogh]

It's nice to chat to real people for 15 minutes sometimes? Such a short meeting shouldn't feel very disruptive.

[anonzzzies]

I prefer async chat; less disruptive and less annoying. I discuss more and it is easier to discuss tech stuff that way. In person/speech is a time waster we find; it is just because people are to lazy to think first and write something comprehensive down, so instead they just rattle off their train of thought. After a while most prefer it (been doing this for 30 years); the only ones who don't are sales/marketing (I schedule meetings with them a few times per month) and busy-workers who made it through the interview; we fire them. They won't perform anyway.

[peoplefromibiza]

That's why workplaces have coffee machines and work policies include small breaks

If you wanna chat, it's fine with me, but you don't need to force everyone in the team to do it

I usually don't want to chat at work, write me an email if you need something and I'll reply as soon as possible

[palata]

Then have a coffee break. You may discover that it is even nicer than saying "yesterday I did ... today I will do ... I am not blocked" to other human beings :-).

[hosh]

Especially remote otherwise async teams.