How to Make Meetings Work (Again): The DeadSwitch Way

By DeadSwitch — The Cyber Ghost


“The quiet ones don’t hate meetings. They just hate wasting time.”
– DeadSwitch

Meetings were once war rooms for big decisions, plans, and alignment. But somewhere along the way, they became something else – rituals that too often miss the mark.

At Tom’s IT Cafe, we don’t believe in tearing things down without building something better in its place. So here’s something built for you: a clear, practical Meeting Manifesto, born from years in tech trenches, conference calls, and silent frustrations. It’s made to help -not blame- and it works whether you’re a developer, a product owner, or a manager.

Let’s get back to meetings that matter.


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🕸️ Echoes Beyond the Grid: Private Team Collaboration Tools for Small Business

“The loudest team wins attention. The quietest team survives the breach.”
– DeadSwitch


They said “just use Teams.”
They said “Slack is fine.”

But behind every cheerful emoji and corporate integration… the watchers log.
Transcripts archived. Metadata mapped.
Sometimes not by you.

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⚙️ The DeadSwitch Way: Emacs, Org Mode, and the Art of Ansible Rolecraft

There’s a certain kind of silence that comes before precision.
And precision – true, surgical precision – requires the right blade.

For Ansible development, that blade is Emacs.
Not VSCode. Not PyCharm. Not some noisy IDE bloated with plugins.
Just Emacs. Raw. Controlled. Modular.


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Whispers in the Wire: Cybersecurity for Small Businesses in a World of Big Threats

“It’s not the size of your system, it’s the silence of your defenses.”

Small businesses, hear this:
You are not invisible.
You are not ignored.
You are just… easier.

While you hustle to stay afloat, cyber predators cast wide nets. They aren’t looking for giants—they’re fishing for quiet corners, outdated firewalls, reused passwords, and untrained staff clicking the wrong link at the wrong time.

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