When I'm at the office I have people constantly interrupting me with stupid questions, people speaking very loudly and laughing even louder and people playing music on their computers... I think that being able to focus on my work is not an option when I'm at work (I know, ironic, isn't it?) A few months ago, during a major outage, I was in conference with about twenty people trying to resolve the issue (customer was on the line) and some people just started chatting like they were at the pool on a saturday I had to actually mute the call and ask them nicely (maybe not so nicely) to shut up. My point is... I can't really focus on anything while I'm at the office, so wave/constant e-mails/constant personal e-mail on gmail/chatting with a LOT of people... that's just part of the problem... hth Alan.- On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > Chris, > > I "unplug" very regularly since I don't subscribe to any of it & toss > the cell phone on the kitchen counter when I get home. It's also why I live > "out in God's country", namely the woods. Listening to the birds & > crickets in the summer is pure heaven. > > > *Dick Goulet*** > Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead > PAREXEL International > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Christoph [mailto:cruepprich@xxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2010 1:15 PM > *To:* Goulet, Richard > *Cc:* troach@xxxxxxxxx; Guillermo Alan Bort; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Re: Google wave > > Personally, i have no problem turning the connectivity off. You certainly > need to "unplug" regularly, just like you need sleep. > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Goulet, Richard < > Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Oh dear, another off topic subject that's starting a storm. Personally >> I think we've got tooo much connectivity as it is. When I started in IT >> cell phones were non-existent and when they did come in they weighed 5 >> pounds bag & all. There is no private time anymore. No turning the world >> off. And these services are to blame. I've a younger cohort who was dating >> a certain young lady who was interrupted in the middle of I'm sure you can >> guess by a text message from twitter. Bother & shut them down. >> >> >> *Dick Goulet*** >> Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead >> PAREXEL International >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: >> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Roach >> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2010 12:32 PM >> *To:* Guillermo Alan Bort >> *Cc:* cruepprich@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> *Subject:* Re: Google wave >> >> Guillermo, what if Google expanded GoogleDocs to let you have online >> SVN/Git repositories and even leverage Google Code so you can create >> projects and seamlessly share it with people much like you do your Google >> Calendar or docs? >> >> I think the key is integration. I think Google has done a very lousy job >> of integrating all these new services. I think Google Docs and Gmail >> integrate well, but that's about it as far as I can tell. >> >> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Guillermo Alan Bort < >> cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> I have both wave and buzz. Don't really like any of them. Buzz looks to >>> me as a 'counter' to twitter/facebook/orkut, that allow you to 'share' >>> 'what's on your mind'. It's rather annoying really... >>> >>> Wave has some nice features... it has potential to become a collaboration >>> suite some day... but it's far from it. I think that shared code editing >>> would be a nice feature, or perhaps a cvs/svn service... >>> >>> I'd also like the ability to join wave with gmail... since gmail is my >>> 'google central'... >>> >>> hth >>> Alan.- >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Christoph <cruepprich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Well, Wave is still in beta, so naturally there are still some bugs. I >>>> too wish there would be gmail notifications whenever waves get updated. I >>>> think, however, there may be a gadget for that. >>>> >>>> Voice seems to integrate nicely into gmail for me. Getting text versions >>>> of voicemails is certainly nice. >>>> >>>> As for buzz, well, it seems to be a twitter clone. Not sure of any good >>>> uses for it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Thomas Roach <troach@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >>>> >>>>> My biggest gripe about wave and voice was that it did not seem to >>>>> integrate with gmail. Not sure if I am doing it wrong, but it was like I >>>>> had >>>>> to add users separately outside of my gmail address book. Like it was a >>>>> whole new service so I didn't bother to try and leverage it. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone find a way? is it integrated better now since buzz? >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Christoph <cruepprich@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> I would like to know if any of you are using Google >>>>>> Wave<http://wave.google.com/>, >>>>>> and if so, how. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Christoph >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Thomas Roach >>>>> 813-404-6066 >>>>> troach@xxxxxxxxx >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because >>>> they quit playing." >>>> - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Thomas Roach >> 813-404-6066 >> troach@xxxxxxxxx >> > > > > -- > "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they > quit playing." > - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes >