I use Laptop for work, and like all of you will VPN / RDC into machine / server from home if warranted. I am lucky in that after hours work is rare for me 😉

I also find meetings that have no agenda or don't run to an agenda a real pest, meetings should be succinct and to the point.

As stated above necessary personnel only and laptops / smart phones / tablet pcs should be left outside!

Of course the worst meetings are the user requirements meetings for reporting, no-one ever comes prepared with what they actually need to see in the reports and they seem to think it is a good idea for the DB team to produce prototypes that they can critique and chop and change until they are happy. How's about a little advance planning?