Matt Amdur

Or I should say operating under symbol or return to the office mandates. I'll tell you that you and I know someone in common, a technologist in common who is at Amazon currently. And his frustration with this is my team is not co-located with me at all. So I've got to drive for an hour and a half in pretty thick traffic to get into an office in which my team is not located. And I got to spend...

Or I should say operating under symbol or return to the office mandates. I'll tell you that you and I know someone in common, a technologist in common who is at Amazon currently. And his frustration with this is my team is not co-located with me at all. So I've got to drive for an hour and a half in pretty thick traffic to get into an office in which my team is not located. And I got to spend...

And then I'm like just doing the thing I would be doing at home.

And then I'm like just doing the thing I would be doing at home.

and I had to endure a long commute and like, I'm not going to be able to be there in time for my kid's soccer game this afternoon or this evening as a result. I mean, it just feels like it. And I think people are willing to accept certainly. I mean, I think you and I are both willing to accept it. Yes. There's a, a chemistry, something you can have.

and I had to endure a long commute and like, I'm not going to be able to be there in time for my kid's soccer game this afternoon or this evening as a result. I mean, it just feels like it. And I think people are willing to accept certainly. I mean, I think you and I are both willing to accept it. Yes. There's a, a chemistry, something you can have.

happen when you are in person that you don't necessarily get otherwise. I've been trying to replay my own career, though, about the times when there's truly been that spark in a conference room at a whiteboard with dry erase markers. That's not the marker game. Perhaps a subject of its own.

happen when you are in person that you don't necessarily get otherwise. I've been trying to replay my own career, though, about the times when there's truly been that spark in a conference room at a whiteboard with dry erase markers. That's not the marker game. Perhaps a subject of its own.

And people don't realize that we... Because we are such over-sharers. People think there is nothing about... us or Oxide ourselves that we haven't shared. But in fact, perhaps our greatest innovation has been Unshared, an office game that is, well, some of us acknowledge.

And people don't realize that we... Because we are such over-sharers. People think there is nothing about... us or Oxide ourselves that we haven't shared. But in fact, perhaps our greatest innovation has been Unshared, an office game that is, well, some of us acknowledge.

I may not live to see it.

I may not live to see it.

I'm so glad you said that. I really want to talk about Z-ball right now. I know it's off-topic, but we can get in and out of Z-ball pretty quickly, I feel. Sure. I don't know. Go for it. Get us in there. Okay, so this is like, okay, this is an actual concrete in-office innovation. You're only going to get this one in the office because it requires everyone to physically be in the same room.

I'm so glad you said that. I really want to talk about Z-ball right now. I know it's off-topic, but we can get in and out of Z-ball pretty quickly, I feel. Sure. I don't know. Go for it. Get us in there. Okay, so this is like, okay, this is an actual concrete in-office innovation. You're only going to get this one in the office because it requires everyone to physically be in the same room.

So I, and actually, you know, I think, I believe that this glass is still in my house. I became very concerned. No, I became very concerned because I'm like, this is a historical artifact. And like one of the kids is going to like break it. I have a Solaris Zones glass. I don't know how many there are.

So I, and actually, you know, I think, I believe that this glass is still in my house. I became very concerned. No, I became very concerned because I'm like, this is a historical artifact. And like one of the kids is going to like break it. I have a Solaris Zones glass. I don't know how many there are.

And I, and this glass was just drifting around the conference room in which we would have the Detroit meeting.

And I, and this glass was just drifting around the conference room in which we would have the Detroit meeting.

Oh, my God. Yeah, I know. That cemetery is now a Chili's. It just feels like it's such a sad end for – no, that – you could actually find that spot a little more easily because it's close to a stairway. Yeah. Because it's – only the stairways remained. Oh, I've been there.

Oh, my God. Yeah, I know. That cemetery is now a Chili's. It just feels like it's such a sad end for – no, that – you could actually find that spot a little more easily because it's close to a stairway. Yeah. Because it's – only the stairways remained. Oh, I've been there.