Several classes in the .NET Framework Base Class Library (BCL) provide both synchronous and asynchronous method signatures. Because a synchronous method call can create a delay in program flow, an ...

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You do not need another 30-minute status call that goes nowhere, with everyone on their phones. Most updates are better as ...

Chances are you don’t like wasting time in useless meetings. People often say “this meeting should have been an email.” But what about one-to-one calls? Could they be a series of voice messages and ...

If you have trouble trying to schedule video meeting times with colleagues and friends you might be interested in asynchronous video tools. Zoom, a household name in the realm of virtual communication ...

Remote work has made our average meeting length about 20% shorter, and we’re spending less time in meetings now than we were pre-pandemic. That’s the good news, according to Harvard Business School.

Instant-messaging tools like Slack have become the primary way to collaborate in real time. These tools made remote work possible but have also contributed to burnout and mental-health issues. Some ...

With components and APIs provisioned across multiple servers in cloud-based, virtual environments, it's difficult to map out a flow of execution for synchronous interactions where you can clearly ...