I'm a professor at CMU. I have a lovely office. I don't use it except for holding office hours and 1:1 meetings that require confidentiality. I spend most of m

I'm a professor at CMU. I have a lovely office. I don't use it except for holding office hours and 1:1 meetings that require confidentiality. I spend most of my time near the entry of an open plan area where I bump into people at a much higher rate. I love it. I do sometimes hide in my office or home for some things, but much less than you'd probably guess. I also spend a lot of time walking around - I find that things like reviewing papers is best done away from all distraction, including electronic , so I'll walk over to a nearby park while reading. I often do the same for editing my student's papers.