Anyone using active noise-canceling headphones while working in a shared office likely faced this: when someone “nudges you,” you’re already isolated by noise canceling, so they think you’re not hearing them even when you are ;-)
This post explores heuristics and potential hacks (software / hardware) to signal “I’m here but muted/isolated” — when you don’t want to completely disable ANC but still want awareness or gentle interruption possibilities.
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Checking if you are focused-mode-on and letting your team know that. - Venomen/headphones-on
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