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Video available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ59QPOGMzM This is a lightning talk I gave at Inaka's offices on October 21st, 2016. The goal of this talk was showing my workmates how using Github notifications could help us all and increase our productivity.
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- 2. www.erlang-solutions.com HELLO! Pablo Villar @volbap _iOS dev since 2011 _swifter since 2015 pablo@inakanetworks.com _swiftBA co-organizer
- 3. www.erlang-solutions.com AND THEIR HIDDEN POWER GITHUB TOOLS Lecture #1
- 5. www.erlang-solutions.com What's the usual problem?
- 6. www.erlang-solutions.com What's the usual problem?
- 7. www.erlang-solutions.com What's the usual problem? 2656
- 11. www.erlang-solutions.com AND ANY MEME YOU CAN IMAGINE...
- 12. www.erlang-solutions.com TOO MANY NOTIFICATIONS ● You never read them ● You are missing this tool! ● You depend on others to tell you: ○ "Hey, review this PR..." ○ "Please, check out my latest comments..." ○ "Hey, AGAIN, review this PR..." ○ And so on...
- 13. www.erlang-solutions.com ● If other people work like you, it also depends on you to tell them: ○ "You haven't reviewed this PR yet..." ○ "Yes, but you haven't seen my updates..." ○ And the like... COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD! WHAT'S MORE...
- 15. www.erlang-solutions.com ● Chats become overwhelmed ● Therefore, people tend not to read them ● Thus... Another tool is teared down! COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD!
- 16. www.erlang-solutions.com NOT USING GITHUB NOTIFICATIONS RECAP COMMUNICATION ISSUES OVERALL SLOWNESS
- 21. www.erlang-solutions.com ● There are lots of repos out there ● You're subscribed to lots of them ● And BY DEFAULT, ○ YOU ARE WATCHING THEM ALL! THE ISSUE
- 22. www.erlang-solutions.com I'M WATCHING YOU AND YOU AND YOU TOO!AND YOU... AND YOU
- 24. www.erlang-solutions.com THE APPROACH ● WATCH LESS REPOS ○ Which repos? ■ ONLY THE ONES YOU ARE WORKING WITH ● YES, it is as simple as it.
- 25. www.erlang-solutions.com Lots of repos... ... ... ... In the Notifications panel... ONLY THE REPOS YOU NEED ● HOW? 1. UNWATCH THEM ALL!
- 26. www.erlang-solutions.com ONLY THE REPOS YOU NEED ● THEN... 2. SELECT THE ONES YOU WANNA WATCH a. Go to a particular repo b. Set your subscription status to Watching
- 27. www.erlang-solutions.com ONLY THE REPOS YOU NEED ● AND FINALLY... 3. KEEP CONTROL OVER WHAT YOU ARE WATCHING AND DO IT OFTEN! Certain repos... ... ... ...
- 28. www.erlang-solutions.com ONLY THE REPOS YOU NEED ● REMEMBER: 1. UNWATCH all the repos 2. SELECT those you wanna watch 3. KEEP CONTROL regularly ALWAYS ! ONCE
- 29. www.erlang-solutions.com ● DO TAKE CARE OF NOTIFICATIONS! LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...
- 30. www.erlang-solutions.com ● DO TAKE CARE OF NOTIFICATIONS! LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...
- 31. www.erlang-solutions.com ● DO TAKE CARE OF NOTIFICATIONS! LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...
- 32. www.erlang-solutions.com TIPS 1. Customize your Notification Settings
- 33. www.erlang-solutions.com TIPS 2. Use Chrome extensions
- 34. www.erlang-solutions.com TOOLS THAT WILL HELP YOU OUT: BONUS TRACK 2. Use Chrome extensions
- 35. www.erlang-solutions.com 3. Unsubscribe from your emails TIPS
- 37. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME Instead of... Messages that contaminate your chat rooms, and can be avoided...
- 38. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME You end up with... Requests that are in their place.
- 39. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME Instead of bothering teammates at any time and make them lose their focus...
- 40. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME You leave your request; And people will take care about it when it's their moment to do so.
- 41. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME Yeah, yeah, everything looks nice, BUT... ● What if people don't attend my requests regularly? ● Isn't it so easy to fall into this?
- 42. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME It needs conscientization of people It requires compromise from everyone taking care of notifications regularly These processes take time to gear WARNINGS:
- 43. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME CONS: Responses are not always immediate When in urgency, you would still need to use chat, or face-to-face communication
- 44. www.erlang-solutions.com THE OUTCOME PROS: Prevents chat rooms from overwhelming People are less annoyed People are more focused on their tasks Increases overall productivity Events' tracking is more accurate People have more organized schedules
- 45. www.erlang-solutions.com IN CONCLUSION IF WE USE GITHUB NOTIFICATIONS WE WORK BETTER AS A TEAM PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
- 46. www.erlang-solutions.com IN CONCLUSION What about me? ● You work more professionally ● Your personal career path grows ● Don't forget that most of what's tracked on Github, is part of your CV! Yes, but perhaps that's a bit "from the company" point of view...