One of my problems at work is that I always want my mail and chat windows visible while I’m working. Sure, I could set up multiple windows and hope they stay where I put them. But it’s a pain to set those windows up every time. Since I’m using mutt for email and irssi for chat and instant messaging with bitlbee, I thought, why not use screen to organize the windows and, as a special bonus, I can pull up my session from anywhere over ssh.