I’m working on a software project that is quite esoteric—it is only meant to be understood by other software developers. I have signed up to Focusmate but you can’t pick a partner in a narrowly defined way like “must be a programmer” (especially as Focusmate has no such information about users). But Michael A is working on “optical computers”, I guess I’ll give him a try.
Okay, this is weird… how is it that I can pick a person on the Calendar and book with them, but I can’t create my own “unmatched” session? If I create a session in an empty slot, I am silently and automatically matched with “Gonzalo P”.
Just to clarify: Focusmate isn’t meant to talk about your work, so most people don’t try to find people with in-depth knowledge. I mostly don’t explain things in detail and don’t feel like I need to. It’s more an accountability thing and to share general progress (e.g. “I wanted to get 3 tasks done: write an email, draft an outline for a blog post, and solve a technical issue for my software project. I got 2 of them done, and realized I need to ask a colleague about #3, so I did that instead).
I’m working on a software project that is quite esoteric—it is only meant to be understood by other software developers. I have signed up to Focusmate but you can’t pick a partner in a narrowly defined way like “must be a programmer” (especially as Focusmate has no such information about users). But Michael A is working on “optical computers”, I guess I’ll give him a try.
Okay, this is weird… how is it that I can pick a person on the Calendar and book with them, but I can’t create my own “unmatched” session? If I create a session in an empty slot, I am silently and automatically matched with “Gonzalo P”.
Just to clarify: Focusmate isn’t meant to talk about your work, so most people don’t try to find people with in-depth knowledge. I mostly don’t explain things in detail and don’t feel like I need to. It’s more an accountability thing and to share general progress (e.g. “I wanted to get 3 tasks done: write an email, draft an outline for a blog post, and solve a technical issue for my software project. I got 2 of them done, and realized I need to ask a colleague about #3, so I did that instead).