Office reference · Personnel status

What the tower means

The light beside my desk is a live interruption policy. Check the color combination to see whether I’m available, focused, on a call, or away.

Status key

Top to bottom: red · yellow · green · blue

SignalStatusWhat it meansWhat you should do
01
Two-Way MarketAvailable

Open to conversation, questions, and collaboration.

Come on over.

02
Price DiscoveryWorking · interruptible

Normal engineering work is in progress.

Approach with a thesis.

03
Synthetic ParticipationDisengaged video call

Camera on. Brain elsewhere. Five-second privacy SLA applies.

Important interruptions accepted.

04
Material ParticipationEngaged video call

Camera on. Actually contributing.

Do not interrupt.

05
Concentrated PositionDeep focus

Single-name exposure to whatever is currently broken.

Do not interrupt.

06
Seeking LiquidityCoffee run

Off-desk recapitalization is in progress.

Back in about 15 minutes.

07
No BidAway

No market at this time. The dark tower is intentional.

Try again later.

08
Circuit BreakerEmergency · quiet buzzer

Production is performing unscheduled price discovery.

Interrupt immediately.