use Perl

• I'm sure your boss wouldn't mind... (Score:1)

  by jdavidboyd (3251)

  If you just said, "No, I'm not going".
  
  Let us know how that works out!
• The Mute Button (Score:1)

  by jmcada (5846)

  I end up in meetings all of the time at my job. In the past, I would attend in person and would end up day-dreaming the meeting away. Now, I have found that I can call-in to the meetings and stay at my desk and be just as effective. If it is a meeting that I'm only present for occasional questions, I typically just put on the headset and hit the mute button. When a question comes up, the meeting leaders have learned to say my name so that it gets my attention and then ask the question... I end up with t
  • Re:The Mute Button (Score:1)

    by n1vux (1492)

    Right on, the headset and mute button rule.

    Of course, sometime we have to say "John, you're talking to your mute button" to someone of whom we've asked a question.

    And even better, we techies can IM each other during the meeting to get the facts straight during the meeting -- both as a back-channel of those in the meeting and as a lifeline from those in to those out but with the real info.

    And of course, at my desk with headset, I have full access to my email log, server status, google, and intranet se

    --
    Bill
    # I had a sig when sigs were cool
    use Sig;
• pre-meeting dialog (Score:2)

  by wickline (135)

  them: There's a Foo meeting tomorrow.
  self: What's the agenda ?
   
    A
      them: There isn't one.
      self: Then I guess we can cancel or reschedule to a later time.
  or
    B
      them: It's Bar and Baz.
      self: Do you need me for Bar or Baz?
   
        B1
          them: I guess not.
          self: Well, have a great meeting then!
      or
        B2
          them: Yes, fo