On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:03 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 16 February 2014 23:42, Rob Lanphier
<robla(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
For what it's worth, I think I can represent
Brad's viewpoint pretty
well,
so if anyone wants to discuss this with me in the
office, I'm happy to
oblige.
Cool, I'll just pop in. Oh, wait.
FWIW, I'm also frequently on IRC (like now). I asked a question on
#wikimedia-dev a little bit ago which is relevant to my research on this
conversation, since it looks like I'm going to be part of this conversation
whether I want to or not. As of a few minutes ago, I'm also on
#wikimedia-design, which is probably a little more targeted.
A big reason why we invest in an office rather than just have everyone
everywhere work from home all of the time is that face-to-face
conversations are often very high bandwidth and the type that many (most?)
people are best equipped to deal with in a way that doesn't cause
unnecessary escalation of tension.
I made the offer for an in-person conversation because I think I can
provide our office conversations with a healthy dose of "Helvetica Neue"
skepticism, and I suspect Brad will be relieved that it won't be all on him
to defend his viewpoint. I also suspect you and I may be reasonably
well-aligned on this issue, too.
Rob