I left my work notebook in the US so I wouldn't export any technical data, and I got a new one in Japan. It is becoming my new best friend.














I am sitting in the middle of a room of about 100 other people. We each have a desk that is about .75 meters by 1 meter. There are rows of pairs of four desks like this:
(each xx is a chair)

-xx---xx---xx---xx------xx---xx---xx---xx--- d
desk desk desk desk | |desk desk desk desk | e x
desk desk desk desk | |desk desk desk desk | s x
-xx---xx---xx---xx------xx---xx---xx---xx--- k
-xx---xx---xx---xx------xx---xx---xx---xx--- d
desk desk desk desk | |desk desk desk desk | e x
desk desk desk desk | |desk desk desk desk | s x
-xx---xx---xx---xx------xx---xx---xx---xx--- k
-xx---xx---xx---xx------xx---xx---xx---xx--- d
desk desk desk desk | |desk desk desk desk | e x
desk desk desk desk | |desk desk desk desk | s x
-xx---xx---xx---xx------xx---xx---xx---xx--- k

The desks on the ends are for upper management, like department managers. Everyone else, including the program managers, sits in the other desks. Basically, it's a lot like crew.