[kybernetyk]

Around 2000 when I got out of school I was working as a programmer for a company that made J2ME mobile games.

They were sitting in the Netherlands and had hired a bunch of teleworkers. Mostly from Germany and Poland.

And whenever there were meetings (even with the bosses) we used IRC for that. It was pretty cool. You were also allowed to go AFK but you had to leave your client open to read the backlogs. (People knew beforehand if their active presence was required in the meeting.)