# calendar tetris

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## Calendar Tetris is an antipattern

DevFeed: [Calendar Tetris is an antipattern](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/calendar-tetris-is-an-antipattern-32296.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://jack.ofspades.com/calendar-tetris-is-an-antipattern/>)

Author: Jack Tarantino

Published: 2017-06-12T17:55:10Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jacopo Tarantino](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jacopo-tarantino.md>)

Topics: [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meetings.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [antipattern](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/antipattern.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [calendar-tetris](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/calendar-tetris.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetings.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [scheduling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduling.md>)

### AI overview

The article argues that "Calendar Tetris"--an overloaded calendar requiring constant rescheduling and causing frequent double-booking--harms lunch breaks and productivity. It discusses how meetings and interruptions can contribute to cognitive errors and lost working time, and questions the assumption that managers and senior employees must attend every meeting.

### Source excerpt

It's time that we took back our work day from our calendars and Calendar Tetris is the first thing that has got to go. Calendars are a tool and like every tool they should be used appropriately. What is "Calendar Tetris"? Does your calendar look like a Jackson Pollack painting?