One of the pleasures of my new job is that for the first time in nearly 15 years or so, my team is primarily in the same location as I am.. or travels there frequently enough that we all get together..For many years my entire day was spent on conference calls and web meetings they could be ‘fun’.. when they were with folks you knew well. but with folks you never met.. they were a poor echo of  the passion,  intensity and creative output one got form a face to face meeting…Somehow that’s become bad-speak to say.. but everyone knows it t be true.. Today I spent several ours in face to face meeting.. even though the material was difficult, the simple pleasure of sharing a white board, drinking coffee/tea together and walking together to lunch made the day actually enjoyable !… and far, far more effective than the 6 or so endless phone calls we had in prep…

Even better.. we all met for beer afterward.. we got more done tonight both technically and personally than we could have ever gotten done at work.. much less remotely…

Viva la face to face !

nite all, nite sam

-me