# Being aware of software engineers Pomodoro activity might reduce distraction
Flow experience is an important dimension from The Three Dimensions of DevEx for software engineer productivity.
Unfortunately, software engineers are frequently distracted by their colleagues, see: Example relationship of perceptual load and distraction in software engineering.
Connection: Handsfree doesn't reduce danger in talking while driving. Talking while driving is dangerous when the other person can not observe the traffic situation.
Having the ability to know what our colleagues are currently doing, whether they're activating their Pomodoro timer, might so that they don't get distracted.