post 10

On Tuesday May 15th I went to breakfast with Par and Jim. This instance was mainly meant to be fun, to enjoy good food before going in to work, but I heard Pat, Jim and Gary talk about meeting other places in order to discuss major projects. A lot of times they go to a bar in order to figure out a schedule for whatever project they need to work on and to get organized. It seems that having meetings in other places helps them to stay focused, while still giving them a change of pace from their work in the office. I would imagine that being in more of laid back atmosphere would help them to “think outside the box” and that a lot of good ideas are thought up in casual situations like these. This laid back situation at the CSC lab OAI is probably the result of the three people in the lab being good friends. I learned from this that when the people don’t just work well together, but are actually friends, a lot can be accomplished and work can actually be enjoyable.