But, I’m a big fan of remote working and chat rooms, because you communicate through text. Writing forces you to be specific and articulate. I find that helps me identify problems, sort through my ideas, and identify what needs to be done. On larger web projects, the verbosity of a chatroom helps with the work process. There aren’t terms for a lot of the ideas or methods that happen for interaction design, so it helps to be in constant contact, participating in a kind of wasteful, productive, high-maintenance communication stream. Efficient communication in the workplace is overrated, I think, because it front-loads the responsibility for clarity on thinking alone, rather than thinking together in conversation.Frank Chimero.