yes, similar things happened for us, everybody was soldered to their headsets and earplugs to be able to focus
one day the speakers ended up on the new standing desk and nobody in that room said anything about the speakers being plugged. the volume is not loud, and when someone wants to focus that person generally get the headset out, go to another room or we all switch to headsets. in the end, the speakers did help making talks and communication easier avoiding the "locked away" effect, as usual proceed with community approval / talks I suppose TR On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Matthew Arkin <[email protected]> wrote: > Most people in my office end up listening to music on their headphones but > they they all kinda zone out of the community, some music playing lightly in > the background, just enough to stimulate some conversation but not enough to > distract me. > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Miles Fidelman > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Call me a contrarian, but I like quiet, or at least conversation as >> background noise. I don't think I'd rent space in an office with background >> music. That's for elevators and dentists offices. >> >> Miles Fidelman >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/2D7ROGOkMBkJ. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- Thomas Riboulet +33 (0) 698 926 057 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
