Comments on: Being in the same room http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2009/03/23/being-in-the-same-room/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:37:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jamin Hegeman http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2009/03/23/being-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Jamin Hegeman Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:03:19 +0000 http://www.imransobh.com/ei/2009/03/23/being-in-the-same-room/#comment-64 Working for Nokia in San Francisco, with sister offices in Helsinki and London, this is a constant issue for us. We will be running a co-located workshop soon using multiple iChat video conferences. Will be interesting. The problem you identified of doing design work remotely reminds me of a recent conversation about remote design education. Some people seem to think it works really well (http://tinyurl.com/9byscr). But I tend to agree with you. The nuances of conversation as well as the ability to build off each others ideas quickly and iteratively are lost if you are not in the same room as the other person. Working for Nokia in San Francisco, with sister offices in Helsinki and London, this is a constant issue for us. We will be running a co-located workshop soon using multiple iChat video conferences. Will be interesting.

The problem you identified of doing design work remotely reminds me of a recent conversation about remote design education. Some people seem to think it works really well (http://tinyurl.com/9byscr). But I tend to agree with you. The nuances of conversation as well as the ability to build off each others ideas quickly and iteratively are lost if you are not in the same room as the other person.

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