IM not talking to you at Voices in the Fog

IM not talking to you

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on September 4, 2007

So, here I am, working at the office, and we’re all sending instant messages across the room instead of actually talking to each other. Real geeks, huh? Maybe, but I think the phenomenon may have as much to do with maintaining productivity-enhancing silence in an open-concept office.

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