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Subject: [xpe2e] Whitespace



I had to think about this for a long time to make sure I could say
things properly.

One thing I frequently see are invisible walls. This sounds strange
but, it's true.

Our group rearranges tables and computers frequently. This is a
regular task that occurs as teams grow and shrink, get created
and disband, etc. And it seems that as this occurrs, little
no-man's-lands seem to form. Some table with a couple PCs on
it, usually the oldest and least updated, evolves between team X and
team Y.

I used to do some web and print design, so I often think about it
with a whitespace metaphor. If anyone here has done print, I think
they'll understand what I mean. Each team is like a paragraph,
each meeting room a graphic, and the office secretaries are almost
like the headline as people enter the room. (Ok, so it's not a good
metaphor...)

It's almost as if each team needs little whitespace, a little elbow
room, in order to feel comfortable. It lets them gather together
and talk without disturbing everyone. It helps them feel more
together by not making them feel packed in.

We're all one big team in one big room, just like this is one big
post. But "this" is just a single word, surrounded by spaces, in a
single sentance, borded by a period on one end and a capital
letter on the other, in a paragraph with empy lines above and below
it.

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