MetaFilter posts tagged with meetings

Meeting Ticker

nthdegx — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:34:12 -0800

Meeting Ticker -- if this helps shorten even one meeting by one minute, it'll have been worth it.

It's Not Just Standing Up: Patterns of Daily Stand-up Meetings

Burhanistan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:01:51 -0800

It's Not Just Standing Up: Patterns of Daily Stand-up Meetings. A look at an alternative to the daily sit-down team meeting.

Can I have a keychain?

parmanparman — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:51:54 -0800

It's spring, and that means its convention time! In Las Vegas, tomorrow, don't miss the Virtual Air Traffic Convention in Las Vegas! Dusseldorf on Saturday? There's Top Hair 2007 wow! But wait there's more--- Perhaps you'd like to polish your skills in treating the multiple-disordered suicidal client! I know I would! Functional Foods? Learn why seawater has a salty taste at the Bagkok International Book Fair! Hot! Find your own convention.

"We are committed to personal service" vs. "I would prefer not to"

lalochezia — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:03:30 -0800

Surviving office work: 2006. Surviving office work: 1853. The more things change......

The Adventures of Action Item Man

carter — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:21:11 -0800

Action Item Man Commissioner: We need you to put a stop to Dr. Diabolical's nefarious plan! Action Item Man: To fully own this challenge, I'll need to be goal-oriented and results driven!

The King Meets Tricky Dick

jonp72 — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 11:27:05 -0800

Since it's Elvis Presley's 68th birthday today and Richard Nixon's 90th birthday tomorrow, it's only natural to herald the December 21, 1970 meeting that has inspired a novel, a Showtime made-for-cable movie, musical novelties, and a mini-memoir from a Nixon staffer. The National Archives has received so many requests for photos of Elvis shaking hands with Nixon that they posted this online exhibit.

djacobs — Wed, 05 Dec 2001 09:47:18 -0800

Shut The Fuck Up is an "open letter to men in the movement" written by activist Dan Spalding about the sexist behavior of men in left-leaning groups. They say "When the left forms a firing squad they form it in a circle," but I think this is nurturing constructive criticism, a far cry from the venom that often accompanies such discourse.