• Pesky Remote Meetings Take 2

    calendar Sep 24, 2023 · 3 min read
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    There is a funny article called “I’m OK; The Bull Is Dead” I want to use as incipit for this post.

    The Last week I went in a meeting about flipping a BUY/SELL direction involving three services A -> B -> C. The initial B spec was right, but it was supposed to be wrong, someone (A) asked a change, and then it raised a complain on C. The entire meeting was a circula discussion on how we could fix it (just a revert of the fix?), why it was done in that way, etc.


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  • Pesky Italian Meetings HOWTO

    calendar Jun 14, 2023 · 1 min read
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    I will admit it right now: I like to small talk, even at work.

    Italian meetings are time-stealer nightmares.

    So I have developed three simple rules, for my remote work:

    • Pretend and provide a meeting Agenda or at least a meaningful subject
    • Space out meeting with at least 15 minutes between them, to be able to prepare them
    • Try to be very time boxed, and alert when 15 minutes remaining (for Italian guys, 30 minutes :) If you present, be very clear and ask confirmation, because guys sometimes does not listen to you or play with web browser. Speak slowly if needed.