That's it

Today Skype users are experiencing complete service outage and are thereby needing to forge ahead with their work day without being able to speak or chat with their Skype contacts. For someone like me, who works remotely, this means that I both get to work at full speed without interruption and that I'm not instantly connected to people I need to tap for assistance with the projects I'm on. I can't imagine the disaster this outage would have caused on Tuesday, for example, when I was troubleshooting live conference call issues with internal and external teams at the same time via Skype chat. Of course there are other chat systems, like ICQ and MSN, and I can always use my Lingo-serviced VoIP phone to reach out and touch someone - but I'm as unnerved that I'm less accessible to those who need to contact me today. There's that supervision factor my 'online' status with Skype provides. A day without Skype feels a bit like cheating. Down with Big Brother! Only kidding. Don't bite at the hand that keeps a remote working girl a few clicks away, or something like that.