#thepitfallsofcommunication — Public Fediverse posts

Ein Vormittag ein Gedanke ein Atemzug und ein tiefes Seufzen. Relative Längen; die Summe vieler kurzer Intervalle, die weit über den einen großen Abstand hinauszugehen scheint. Kommunikationsprozesse, Verantwortlichkeiten, Erwartungshaltungen, Herausforderungen in der Synchronisation und der unbequeme Platz mitten zwischen widerstrebenden Kräften. Tee am anderen Fenster, Zusammenfassungen und Handlungsempfehlungen und rote Fäden, die sich irgendwann im Dickicht verlieren. Aber immerhin Sonne.

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(Ankommen als mehrstufiger Prozess, physisch und mental. Viele Wege gekreuzt, Gesichter des Morgens wiedererkannt, ohne Namen dazu zu haben. Dem eigenen Schatten in die Tiefgarage gefolgt, feuchte Schuhe, feuchte Haare, durchgekühlt bis auf die Haut. Zurechtgelegt, was die nächsten Intervalle brauchen könnten. Küchenkonversationen, Missverständnisse, Grenzbereiche. Gedanken tanzen durch leere Zimmer.)

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9am and on. The challenges of attending in-person meetings: Wrestling ones own body language, gestures, postures, noticing all these small odds and ends of subconsciousness trying to express strength and dominance in inappropriate situations. Water instead of coffee, fruits and cookies. As always. Backlog growing.

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8am and on, the morning and unexpected elephants. Indirect communication, tense topics, slightly dissatisfied. A phone keeps on ringing somewhere below, but no one seems to really bother. Another coffee and a strong wind in golden trees. Letting the flow of todays things have its way.

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(Aus der schwierigen Jugend von damals sind die schwierigen Alten von heute geworden, und man verliert sich wieder in unbequemen Sichten auf Demographie, eigene Echokammern und der Wahrnehmung, dass die lauten Gespräche ganz selten die sind, die versöhnen und bereichern. Der Ton der Schlagzeilen, die lang gesäte Ausweglosigkeit. Berechtigter Frust, übersehene Privilegien. Und der Versuch des Grabens um die eigene Burg.)

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The morning, too: Facts in twilight and elephants in old rooms. Not enough corners for each of them. And the challenges of digging through confusion to find some undisputable common ground.

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Close to noon, both being too fast and too slow through the morning once more. Layers of communication, resolving mismatches, pondering and observing the human kind of protocols for inter-person exchange and at the same time feeling weird for even being into this kind of terminology. Nonformal languages. There's always enough grey in between everything.

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4pm and moving on. A strong breeze again, rain in face and hair and clothes and leaving parts of the city behind to descend into others. Slightly dizzy, more than just a bit off track. Music turned all up to quiesce a rather loud imposter voice murmuring dark phrases in these hours.

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Closing in on 10am. Weeding the important from the noise. Cutting sessions to planned size. The challenges of appointments that take too long and keep too many people involved, still. And the troubles of finding answers without deviating into sidelines. Nothing new, yet never getting much easier.

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Communication as an amorphous issue to address. Getting clear on responsibilities, roles and skills. And early on noticing how much availability of tools early in this can get into way of things pretty much. An illusion of equality that sometimes leads nowhere.

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10am and on. Short time slices, few moments in between to switch thoughts, tools, mental clothes. From wrestling technology to sensing the mood of a call in what isn't being said. And ones own odd responses to written text, speficially the sound between the lines. Imposter raises its head, attracted, interested. Back to normal again.

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10am and on. Timelines and items to place on these. Also: Uneven ground at best. And fragile terrain at worst. Paving ways, negotiating fences and delimiters. Slowly seeing clearer lines in fog. Pondering complexity costs of disruptions and the unaddressed yet disputable value of experience.

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