Identifying who you scanned: Just place a scanner in every store near the till. Most people will use credit cards and after a few years you've got 99% of the population with iris and CC info cross referenced. Arrest the criminals that have 'avoided' detection ans say hello..... BB is watching.
Sorry, I didnt make it clear that the emails were not coming from my team of programmers but from all over the team. There were about 10 managers above me all of whom needed information or wanted to include me in their conversations. Nearly all of it was useful to know but the problem is knowing what needs to be acted on ASAP and what doesnt.
I agree with the post that it was a problem with the organisation. But I also think that a tool could have been written which, with feedback from me, could have reduced my load a lot.
Of course if everyone has just though before sending an email things might have been better. There is often a fire and forget approach with emails. Its as if the buck has been passed by sending one.
Anyone who wonders why I worked under these circumstances may wonder why I didnt just leave... well I didnt need to the company collpased.
I needed help and there was none to be found!
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I worked on a project (PS2/XBox/NGC/PC game) with a team of about 150. 20 or so were programmers and I was a lead programmer. I got about 200 emails a day. The company used MS Exchange and despite what people say it does a fairly good job.
However with that volume of email it takes a long time to see which emails need an instant response and which can wait. When your in the middle of programming, getting 200 interruptions a day kills you.
After looking for ways to improve things with tools, different clients, naming conventions and exchange rules.... I basically gave up on writing code and just read emails all day:-(
Linear or threaded inboxes just dont cut it anymore. They work fine for me at home.. but at work I need some help.
Is there a link between peoples perception of position within society that contries murder rate? It seems to me that many Americans fall through the system and struggle to survive on a daily basis. This is much less likely to occur in Europe and Australia where there are sometimes very generous welfare systems. Maybe people in these contries feel that they are still worth something to society and that society is willing to help them. I know this is not the American way where it is effectivly "every man for himself". America has higher rates of homelessness, extreme poverty and susstance abuse then most other industrialized contries. Arent these indications of people and societies that don't care for one another.
I also find it strange that Americans need the right to own firearms to over throw a government. Surely if you need to overthrow a government the fact that they have or haven't given you the right to use firearms is irrelevant.
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Identifying who you scanned: Just place a scanner in every store near the till. Most people will use credit cards and after a few years you've got 99% of the population with iris and CC info cross referenced. Arrest the criminals that have 'avoided' detection ans say hello..... BB is watching.
Sorry, I didnt make it clear that the emails were not coming from my team of programmers but from all over the team. There were about 10 managers above me all of whom needed information or wanted to include me in their conversations. Nearly all of it was useful to know but the problem is knowing what needs to be acted on ASAP and what doesnt.
I agree with the post that it was a problem with the organisation. But I also think that a tool could have been written which, with feedback from me, could have reduced my load a lot.
Of course if everyone has just though before sending an email things might have been better. There is often a fire and forget approach with emails. Its as if the buck has been passed by sending one.
Anyone who wonders why I worked under these circumstances may wonder why I didnt just leave... well I didnt need to the company collpased.
I worked on a project (PS2/XBox/NGC/PC game) with a team of about 150. 20 or so were programmers and I was a lead programmer. I got about 200 emails a day. The company used MS Exchange and despite what people say it does a fairly good job.
:-(
However with that volume of email it takes a long time to see which emails need an instant response and which can wait. When your in the middle of programming, getting 200 interruptions a day kills you.
After looking for ways to improve things with tools, different clients, naming conventions and exchange rules.... I basically gave up on writing code and just read emails all day
Linear or threaded inboxes just dont cut it anymore. They work fine for me at home.. but at work I need some help.
I'd like to suggest he is on something rather than on to something.
Is there a link between peoples perception of position within society that contries murder rate? It seems to me that many Americans fall through the system and struggle to survive on a daily basis. This is much less likely to occur in Europe and Australia where there are sometimes very generous welfare systems. Maybe people in these contries feel that they are still worth something to society and that society is willing to help them. I know this is not the American way where it is effectivly "every man for himself". America has higher rates of homelessness, extreme poverty and susstance abuse then most other industrialized contries. Arent these indications of people and societies that don't care for one another.
I also find it strange that Americans need the right to own firearms to over throw a government. Surely if you need to overthrow a government the fact that they have or haven't given you the right to use firearms is irrelevant.
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