Several times this week, I signed out of both my company Slack and the Ember Community Slack and just worked in “solitude” for about six and a half of the eight hours I was working. It was, in a word, bliss. Over the past few years, I’ve come to enjoy a lot of chatting during the day while at work, and the social interaction is very much a must in a lot of ways for someone who works remotely. The flip side, however, is that chat is a huge time-suck, and more than that it’s a constant ...
