I think he means that employee is telling the manager that the employee is tracking his own time, thus, when the manager requests work to be done, the manager will take a resource-oriented approach to the employee's time and focus. It might make the manager more conscious about this often subtle detail (time is money) and they will likely feel more restricted when it comes to managing the employee, instead of being empowered. This is good for curbing micromanagement.
Yes. Although this article isn't about "micromanagement" in my mind. Micro-management, in software, effectively turns the programmer into a secretary taking dictation.
It's someone caring about the details of the results along with the details of the implementation, and the process, and every other factor but then hiring someone else to actually press the keys and move the mouse. It turns the task of programming from problem-solving to satisfying effectively onerous checklists of ceremonial acrobatics. There's other ways to solve that problem.
The original post is talking about debilitating flow and a structure (stemming from a culture and engagement) that is fundamentally destructive.
