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> Instead, I'll share with you the results of a little between-classroom
> brainstorming about how office life could learn a little bit from grade
> school life [1].
> 
> So, in no particular order, here are some ideas for how to run your next
> Web 2.0 [2] startup:
> 
> * Forget calendars, try periods! Every period is 50 minutes, with a 10
>   minute break in between. “What are you doing 4^th period? Wanna get
>   together to talk about our alpha invite strategy?” “I have a yellow fade
>   discussion then.” “How about 5^th period?” “Sounds good.” Make a rule
>   that no meeting can span two periods without a good reason, and why not
>   actually ring a bell at the start and end of each period.
> * Lots of wall art! The best thing about grade school classrooms are the
>   walls—they're covered with great stuff! Charts of the alphabet or the
>   periodic table, ground rules about about classroom behavior, plus lots
>   and lots of stuff produced by the kids. Artifacts everywhere, and in
>   color!
> * Nap area! Of course.
> * Field trips! Everyone needs to get out and see the big bad world …
>   whether it's market research, a trip to the local geek museum or even the
>   bar down the street. After all, what would you rather go on—a strategic
>   planning offsite, or a field trip!
> 

Via Jason Kottke [3], “schoolwork [4]”

Back durring my first week at Negiyo, I kept having flashbacks to high
school. The treatment of us [DELETED-peons-DELETED] non-management employees
as kids. The long hallway down towards the cafeteria. The small desks. Being
sent to the [DELETED-Principal's office-DELETED] HR (Human Resources)
department.

I thought I had died and gone back to high school.

But now grade (or elementary) school. Kindergarten through 5^th grade. That
wasn't so bad. And I could definitely deal with nap time. I wonder how Smirk
would go for the idea?

[1] http://sippey.typepad.com/moblog/2005/11/kindergarten_to.html
[2] http://msippey.tadalist.com/lists/public/155420
[3] http://www.kottke.org/remainder/05/11/9906.html
[4] http://sippey.typepad.com/filtered/2005/11/schoolwork.html

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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