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Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by abraxas on Sunday February 16, 2020 @06:43PM (#22344451)
Visual noise is as bad as audible noise. What's next, horse blinders?
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by mkl on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:54AM (#22346415)
Well there was the idea of the third picture here: http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2012/3m-privacy-for-your...

It's from an ad for a privacy screen filter, but unlike that, it works the other way around too, blocking out the world.

Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by ThrowawayR2 on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:19PM (#22363010)
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by joncrane on Sunday February 16, 2020 @06:56PM (#22344504)
I have fantasized about draping a thick black curtain around my workstation to try to focus. Do you think that would fly?
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by WrtCdEvrydy on Sunday February 16, 2020 @10:35PM (#22345386)
We had a guy who used his lifted desk to build a little box for himself (out of carboard)
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by abraxas on Sunday February 16, 2020 @11:32PM (#22345620)
Improv cubicle... yeah. These are sad times when cubicles are a hallmark of the good old times.
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by joncrane on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:00AM (#22347065)
How did the management feel about this?
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by WrtCdEvrydy on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:31PM (#22350448)
Let's say 'not well'