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<pre wrap="">On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Mark Mielke <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mark@mark.mielke.cc"><mark@mark.mielke.cc></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap=""> No - I don't think so. Team messages have been fine for tracking team
efforts for over a decade. Voice is more efficient. There is really no
reason it NEEDS to have separate channels. Some people might not be able to
figure out the new protocols, just like some people never used team messages
appropriately.
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There is an important difference with the two mediums. With text
messages one can scan several lines of messages in a second or two. If
5 people are talking all at once it will be much harder to parse out
the individual meaning and then rank it accordingly this is trivial if
one is a fast reader. Also one need not compensate for variables such
as word slurring, speed, pitch, volume, all which can affect how
readily the message will be received.
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The only reason you NEED to takes several seconds to scan text, is
because it's a passive poll-based approach to communication. If it was
in real time, and it is received immediately, it takes as long as the
person talking requires. If 5 people are talking all at once the
majority of the time, then at least 4 of them are newbies, and they
should be squelched. The option - of having people on the same time,
segregate into channels, is the wrong approach. The team should work
together, and with some exceptions, the team should communicate on the
same channel. If they cannot work this out - they are not a team, or
they are incompetent. Either way, separate channels is not going to fix
their problem.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
mark<br>
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Mark Mielke <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mark@mielke.cc"><mark@mielke.cc></a>
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