Hee--why I don't do jigsaw puzzles anymore.

What about privacy screens for your monitor, at least?

I have not seen a privacy screen anywhere in this company. Which is weird, now that I think about it. But this place also doesn't give out blackberries, so I definitely think they're odd. All my other jobs have given remote access portable devices.

I just jacked up my resolution to 1800x1440 (I purloined a 21" monitor in the move) which usually works well for first-level obfuscation.

ita, my boyfriend's new job is VP at a company and I was shocked that not only does the company not dole out communication devices, they're on desktops!!

Ack! At least everyone here, pretty much is on a laptop. And it's mandatory that we take them home every night. Business continuity. It's a clunky beast, though, and wireless doesn't work, and the screen locks after 15 minutes of inactivity so it's kind of irritating.

I got so used to having a blackberry even for just toting around the office and knowing when and where my next meeting was going to be. I think some people have email forwarded to their personal devices, but I maintain separation of church and state as much as possible. They want bandwidth, they can pay for it.

DH's boss was shocked to find out he was still on a desktop. DH finally got one for him and his staff a couple of weeks ago.

I have a budget meeting for the non profit I'm volunteering for and I hate those things. Non profits in general are on the ropes lately and I hate begging for money.

Not begging! Giving people the opportunity to support work they think is important, but can't do themselves!! t /fundraising evangelist knee-jerk

Not begging! Giving people the opportunity to support work they think is important, but can't do themselves!!

I wish it was regular fund raising! Donors, I can deal with. Our major funding source is United Way so I have to go through them. They're threatening to cut it all so we're essentially begging them not to.

There will be begging. But they do support us. It's just a struggle to prove to them how much we're needed.

Oh, that's even less begging. That is a business negotiation, making a case.

That's a good point. I need to be in a positive mode for this. Still, it would be awesome if you could make it here for the meeting!

they're on desktops!!

There's nothing wrong with desktops! We're all on desktops!