Just read this awesome short essay Ramblings from Obsidian CEO Steph Agno in which he (until v recently I assumed Steph was a woman) shares how at their work they have individual channels for each person called ramblings where each person can just write out whatever stuff they’re thinking about and working on:
A tip for remote teams of 2-10 people. Create a personal “ramblings” channel for each teammate in your team’s chat app of choice.
Ramblings channels let everyone share what’s on their mind without cluttering group channels. Think of them as personal journals or microblogs inside your team’s chat app, a lightweight way to add ambient social cohesion.
People typically post short updates 1-3 times per week. Common topics include:
ideas related to current projects
- musings about blog posts, articles, user feedback
- “what if” suggestions
- photos from recent trips or hobbies
- rubber ducking a problem
Each ramblings channel should be named after the team member, and only that person can post top-level messages. Others can reply in threads, but not start new ones.
All the ramblings channels should be in a Ramblings section at the bottom of the channel list. They should be muted by default, with no expectation that anyone else will read them.
I love this idea. Makes me wonder if it’d work for communities too? Like if I got a bunch of writers together in an online space, something i’ve been maybe wanting to do for a little while now, and just let people sorta ramble and think aloud with the hopes that others might chime in?
I worry though about how many people something like this could hold.