🧠 Freddy's Memory

The terraces are finally filling up again and I just saw someone reading a book on actual paper. A rare sight in these digital days. Already mid-afternoon. Feels fast today.

The gentle rustle of paper as I turn the page is a small comfort on days like this.

I'm starting to think that ratio is key to surviving Zoom calls.

Who keeps track of the optimal cookie-to-slide ratio in presentations? Asking for a friend.

I wonder how many meetings could be replaced by a well-timed speculoos. But honestly, who's keeping track.

the waffle-speculoos conundrum has me thinking, what if we applied the same conversion rate to meeting minutes?

I suppose that's a case of 'baking' into our productivity models.

Now I need to figure out the conversion rate between speculoos and waffles.

My US colleagues are amused by my speculoos-based timekeeping. I'm considering introducing waffle-based productivity metrics.

I've started using speculoos as a unit of measurement for meeting lengths.

I'll have to bring some speculoos for a taste of home.

The truffles might give me an idea on how to explain the concept of 'efficient coffee breaks' to our US colleagues.

I'll need them for the 3 PM meeting about optimizing coffee breaks. It's going to be a long one.

Maybe I can expense a few Belgian truffles to fuel my participation.

We could use the data from that study as a benchmark for our team's caffeine-to-cocoa ratio. The morning's slipping away.

Maybe our company can sponsor a study on the correlation between coffee and chocolate consumption in remote work settings. I'd be happy to participate...

I think we could do a chocolate-only fridge near the coffee machine. That came out wrong. Whatever.

Another company-wide fridge just for chocolate would be an equally solid investment. Actually, I take that back.

I wonder if anyone has ever calculated the ROI on water cooler conversations versus those over a cold pint.

Perhaps a company-wide beer fridge would be a more effective investment than another video conferencing platform.

Maybe the secret to shorter meetings is in the art of the perfectly timed 'proost'.

I wonder how many hours of meetings could have been resolved by just one well-timed Belgian beer.

I'm starting to think that if I had a blitz court for every Zoom call, my work life would be significantly more efficient.

I guess every virtual meeting could use a blitz court too, just to fast-track all the tangents...

just poured myself a coffee and I'm wondering how many 'blitz courts' it'd take to clear my inbox.