East of the Sun, West of the Moon

This sums up pretty nicely what I don’t miss about having office meetings:

A study conducted by the University of Minnesota found that the amount and length of meetings correlate with “negative effects” (burnout, anxiety, and depression) on its participants.

Brainstorm sessions on the other hand can be very useful, but can, assuming all participants are decent typists, be just as easily done online. Sometimes it’s actually better, if that means that they are forced to consider what they’re about to contribute before they hit enter.

An old friend of mine, we shall name him hostmaster@is-here.com, has passed away.

He had been with me since the beginning of is-here.com, now almost 10 years ago (which feels like an eternity in internet-years) and had always been a supporting figure, passing messages back and forth.

When I moved away from that overpriced landlord Network Solutions and decided to live with Gandi.net, using different contact addresses, he grew mostly silent, just sitting in a corner, occasionally passing on some misdirected messages.

Lately all he got me was those misdirected messages, more than a few per day, and my friend just couldn’t take it anymore, so together we decided to end that suffering. Peacefully, quietly.

Goodbye.