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   Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 22:18:42 JST Stephen Sekula

   For the 2 weeks over Christmas + New Year, my work days were meeting-free. I got a lot of stuff done as a result. It was very freeing.

   When I returned to a normal schedule this week, a sense of dread accompanied it. I considered why. It was meetings. Specifically, weekly obligatory pro forma have-em-because-they-are-on-the-calendar meetings. No-agenda meetings. The kind often organized by physics collaborations.

   My resolutions for 2025: no agenda, no attenda. Only meetings with purpose.

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     Stephen Sekula (steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 07:03:29 JST Stephen Sekula

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     ... and credit where credit is due on the "no agenda, no attenda" motto:

     https://financialpost.com/entrepreneur/fp-startups/hacks-to-help-you-avoid-the-unproductive-meeting-trap

     This was brought to my attention by a colleague at #SNOLAB.