What's funny is that I actually get so much more done when I work at home because I minimize he interruptions, don't have the phone ringing and constant people walking by and causing me to stop what I am focused on. I think these services, if you allow them, provide that type interruption 24/7 and one get get exhausted very quickly and fall behind. Just my 2 cents. (I do answer email, hence why I reply here throughout the day :) On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Thomas Roach 813-404-6066 troach@xxxxxxxxx