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AND THEIR HIDDEN POWER


HELLO!

Pablo Villar @volbap

_iOS dev since 2011

_swifter since 2015

[email protected]

_swiftBA co-organizer

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AND THEIR HIDDEN POWER

GITHUB

TOOLS

Lecture #1


NOTIFICATIONS


What's the usual problem?


What's the usual problem?

2656


AND ANY MEME YOU CAN

IMAGINE...


TOO MANY NOTIFICATIONS

● You never read them

● You are missing this tool!

● You depend on others to tell you:

○ "Hey, review this PR..."

○ "Please, check out my latest comments..."

○ "Hey, AGAIN, review this PR..."

○ And so on...


● If other people work like you, it also

depends on you to tell them:

○ "You haven't reviewed this PR yet..."

○ "Yes, but you haven't seen my updates..."

○ And the like...

COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD!

WHAT'S MORE...


A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM


● Chats become overwhelmed

● Therefore, people tend not to read them

● Thus... Another tool is teared down!

COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD!


NOT USING GITHUB NOTIFICATIONS

RECAP

COMMUNICATIONISSUES

OVERALL SLOWNESS


THE SOLUTION

USEGITHUB NOTIFICATIONS


THE SOLUTION

EMBRACEGITHUB NOTIFICATIONS


THE SOLUTION

ENCOURAGEGITHUB NOTIFICATIONS


THE ISSUE

2656… but WHY?


● There are lots of repos out there

● You're subscribed to lots of them

● And BY DEFAULT,

○ YOU ARE WATCHING THEM ALL!

THE ISSUE


I'M WATCHING YOUAND YOU

AND YOU TOO!AND YOU...AND YOU


THE APPROACH

● WATCH LESS REPOS

○ Which repos?

■ ONLY THE ONES YOU

ARE WORKING WITH

● YES, it is as simple as it.


Lots of repos...

...

...

...

In the Notifications panel...

ONLY THE REPOS YOU NEED

● HOW?

1. UNWATCH THEM ALL!



● THEN...

2. SELECT THE ONES YOU WANNA WATCH

a. Go to a particular repo

b. Set your subscription status

to Watching



● AND FINALLY...

3. KEEP CONTROL OVER

WHAT YOU ARE

WATCHING

AND DO IT OFTEN!

Certain repos...

...

...

...



● REMEMBER:

1. UNWATCH all the repos

2. SELECT those you wanna watch

3. KEEP CONTROL regularly

ALWAYS !

ONCE


● DO TAKE CARE OF NOTIFICATIONS!

LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...


TIPS

1. Customize your Notification Settings


TIPS

2. Use Chrome extensions


TOOLS THAT WILL HELP YOU OUT:

BONUS TRACK

2. Use Chrome extensions


3. Unsubscribe from your emails

TIPS


Or…

Disable this setting:

TIPS


THE OUTCOME

Instead of...

Messages that contaminate your chat rooms, and can be avoided...


THE OUTCOME

You end up with...

Requests that are in their place.


THE OUTCOME

Instead of bothering teammates at any time

and make them lose their focus...


THE OUTCOME

You leave your request;

And people will take care about it when

it's their moment to do so.


THE OUTCOME

Yeah, yeah, everything looks nice, BUT...

● What if people don't attend

my requests regularly?

● Isn't it so easy to fall

into this?


THE OUTCOME

It needs conscientization of people

It requires compromise from everyone

taking care of notifications regularly

These processes take time to gear

WARNINGS:


THE OUTCOME

CONS:

Responses are not always immediate

When in urgency, you would still need to

use chat, or face-to-face communication


THE OUTCOME

PROS:Prevents chat rooms from overwhelming

People are less annoyed

People are more focused on their tasks

Increases overall productivity

Events' tracking is more accurate

People have more organized schedules


IN CONCLUSION

IF WE USE GITHUB NOTIFICATIONS

WE WORK BETTER AS A TEAM

PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES


IN CONCLUSION

What about me?

● You work more professionally

● Your personal career path grows

● Don't forget that most of what's tracked

on Github, is part of your CV!

Yes, but perhaps that's a bit "from the company"

point of view...


THANK YOU!

[email protected]

@volbap



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