{"id":1003,"date":"2019-10-01T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doodlesam.com\/blog\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2025-08-24T20:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T00:47:42","slug":"how-i-survive-corporate-meetings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doodlesam.com\/blog\/how-i-survive-corporate-meetings-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Survive Corporate Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an oldie-but-goodie originally published in 2007. These were the formative times of the artist known as Doodlesam<\/a>… before he had the courage to create his own art website… when he was simply a mild-mannered computer programmer scratching out doodles in meetings.<\/p>\n

In other words, here are some old crappy doodles for your amusement.<\/p>\n

(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I have a tendency to doodle while in meetings at work. Sometimes I do it just to keep myself awake. Sometimes I do it because most meetings are torturously BORING.<\/p>\n

Sometimes… I get caught. My manager saw this first picture below in a meeting yesterday and asked, “Is that drawing of anyone in particular?”<\/p>\n

It was tempting to say, “Not really. But you inspired the dumb look in his eyes!”<\/p>\n

I swear that most meetings are unnecessary and contribute to the overall dumbing-down of our society. These doodles are proof of just how dumb some of us are becoming.<\/p>\n

(If you can decipher my handwriting, you may find tidbits of oddity here and there.)<\/h3>\n

\"20070308dudewithfangs\"<\/p>\n

\"20060105tropicalisland\"<\/p>\n

\"indian\"<\/p>\n

\"20051122thefullmagilla\"<\/p>\n

\"anonymoussurvey\"<\/p>\n

\"20051122plutosoa\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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