The infamous red dot associated with notifications makes us reactive. We see a notification and we tend to drop what we are doing to look at it. In a creative job like software development or knowledge work in general, this is very disruptive because getting back “in the zone” or “in flow” takes a while. The impact of a single notification is huge and we should try to mitigate it.
The Red Dot Makes You Reactive
The Red Dot Makes You Reactive
The Red Dot Makes You Reactive
The infamous red dot associated with notifications makes us reactive. We see a notification and we tend to drop what we are doing to look at it. In a creative job like software development or knowledge work in general, this is very disruptive because getting back “in the zone” or “in flow” takes a while. The impact of a single notification is huge and we should try to mitigate it.