Meetings... of the FUTURE!

Videoconferencing was supposed to be like this.  It was to be all elegant, modernist ersatz James Bond conference rooms with big chairs and giant telly screens. Did we get that? 

Did we, Hell.

There are very impressive videoconferencing setups around today.  Back in the '80s I used one in Germany that was very posh, though it was a bit like taking a meeting in a television studio and today major corporations do go in for all sorts of state of the art toys, but for the working schleps who "need" videoconferencing to be more productive, it's a choice of aggravating camera/television hookups that gather dust in the corner or streaming video applications that are either permanently buffering or have the feed cut off at source by someone who's had quite enough.

We don't even have videophones, for which I offer a brief prayer of thanksgiving.

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