Oracle Magazine, September/October 2018
DEVELOPER PRODUCTIVITY ORACLE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2018 26 not check my phone Of course being easily distracted is an affliction of our time As a technical manager with multiple concurrent projects and teams in the Netherlands the UK Portugal Luxembourg and Romania among others Dikmans communicates via Slack Skype Teams email phone text and WhatsApp Ive switched all the notifications off because at one point my messages were going off on my phone 24 hours a day she says Currently I am a member in at least five active Slack workspaces and this is still growing My biggest distraction is all the communication Thats why its also important to get outside she believes I try to have everyone in the office take a proper break for lunch she says After half an hour outside youre much more productive Walking meetings also go toward achieving one of her daily exercise goals The minimalist Nokia smartwatch with analog dials she wears makes it easy to track daily progress toward 10000 steps When she isnt outside she loves whiteboards Whenever Im explaining something I want a whiteboard or flip board Dikmans says But I hate it when those pens run out of ink When you store it the tip should be pointing down SEEK FLOW EVERY DAY Despite frequent travel for speaking engagements and meetings Dikmans is a firm believer in flow Heres how she finds it first she chooses times of day where she wont be interrupted and then she puts on headphones and listens to music I like Queens of the Stone Age a lot I have a Diet Coke and completely block out everything else When I really get into it I forget about everything and dont even feel the time pass No matter how you do it Dikmans believes its critical to try to find flow every day Sometimes Ill try to start something for three days and it wont Ive learned to accept that sometimes you wont find it but sometimes you need a couple of failed attempts to get into that flow Lonneke Dikmans Oracle Developer Champion
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