As for sm: What a blast from the past feeling. I've never used this specific tool but I think there is/was something in Windows to do this? Through college in

As for sm: What a blast from the past feeling. I've never used this specific tool but I think there is/was something in Windows to do this? Through college in the late 90's and into my first few jobs in software engineering, there was a minor zeitgeist across my first few companies to diligently leave a description behind on your screen if you were going to be away for a while. It was a scene full of personality and power. 'Find me in the kitchen' was a courteous thing to do. 'Bob left his machine unlocked, bozo!' built camaraderie. Not seeing a message, combined with long absence, was a sense of dread. You could publicly wrap a middle finger in a heart: 'Canned. But I still love you all!'. Like a Post-It note, it said something about the person whose machine it was on. But its magnitude, beaming out of a miraculous cathode ray tube, was meant for and captured the attention of everyone walking by. You could reach and influence an audience you otherwise weren't welcome to speak so candidly to. I may have built crucial favor and long term work relationships from a silly quip. I couldn't possibly say for sure. Now having worked mostly remote for half a decade, I miss it. This interesting slice of subculture has decomposed into messenger apps thanks to common availability of satellite-enabled-computers-in-pockets. And @here is a painfully poor substitute.