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Scott Hanselman hacked a light outside his home office to indicate his Lync (now Skype for Business) status.

I always though this was a novel way of indicating to the kids whether he could be disturbed when doing remote working.

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/IsDaddyOnACallABusyLightPresen...

Couldn't he just use a door to indicate the same status? Door open = okay to come in. Door shut = no interruptions.

He seems eager to create additional work for himself to come up with a solution when there isn't really a problem. I wonder what else in life he is going to come up with an elaborate solution for (introducing many new potential points of failure) when the obvious solution has been in front of him the whole time. Would you really want to work with a guy like that? Would you want to pay him to solve problems for you?

Lync status updates automatically, whereas getting up to open and close a door takes work every time. Plus, it's just a fun little project. Lighten up.

I might not want to work with someone who didn't realize there is more than one purpose for a door, and that a single bit of information sometimes doesn't cut it.

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