This article and the 37S "meetings are toxic" (http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch07_Meetings_Are_Toxic.php http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch07_Meetings_Are_T

This article and the 37S "meetings are toxic" (http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch07_Meetings_Are_Toxic.php http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch07_Meetings_Are_Toxic.php) argument really speaks to designers/developers who have worked at an agency. In my experience, many agency meetings attempt to get work done. Most of the thinking happens during the meeting resulting in poorly thought out, off the cuff suggestions. Sure preparation is important, but more specifically most of the thinking should happen before the meeting. The meeting itself should only be about sharing and reacting to that sharing. Every time I need to communicate something, I stop and ask myself, what level of interruption does my message warrant? An email? IM? A meeting? It's very rare that it will save time to bypass email and IM for a meeting. Meetings because project managers want to spend less time in email and IM is unacceptable.