I was working at a client's in Manchester.
I was coding away in a small multi person office, in my 'zone', and then it dawned on me, that no one had spoken to me for a few hours and I'd hardly heard anything for awhile.
I span my chair round, and faced the room, they were all clustered around a computer screen... I walked over and saw their browser open on CNN... (very simple and sparse web page due to overloading of 2001's bandwith with everyone in offices watching) with the burning towers...
It took a few questions to ascertain what had happened...
No work done from that point, no comprehension.
I was coding away in a small multi person office, in my 'zone', and then it dawned on me, that no one had spoken to me for a few hours and I'd hardly heard anything for awhile.
I span my chair round, and faced the room, they were all clustered around a computer screen... I walked over and saw their browser open on CNN... (very simple and sparse web page due to overloading of 2001's bandwith with everyone in offices watching) with the burning towers...
It took a few questions to ascertain what had happened...
No work done from that point, no comprehension.