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by elliottpayne 4166 days ago
I am the worlds biggest flake when it comes to email.

If you send me a chat, I'm liable to just tap you on your shoulder and talk to you in person instead of chat back.

2 comments

Are you the person who calls someone after a text message? Cause that's how you end up with a silent ring tone.
I don't use text messages much (typing on a phone is too low bandwidth); and about 25% of my work-related instant messages will turn into a phone conversation (at least 50% of those calls will add VNC to look at code). Both parties can talk with much lower latency and higher bandwidth than they can type.
It's about more than "I can save the most of my time by arbitrarily interrupting people because my talking is faster than my typing".
Ouch. How are you planning to fix that?