On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:03 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 16 February 2014 23:42, Rob Lanphier robla@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