Saying goodbye, online

Used to be, if one of your colleagues was leaving for another job, there would be cake at the office and -- depending on the person -- possibly a celebration at a local bar.

But apparently I am behind on the times. Now it seems bringing a video camera and taking the party to YouTube is to be all the rage. A quick search for "farewell party" on YouTube brought up more than 3,000 entries.

One of the newest entries comes from my co-worker Scott, who today posted a tribute on YouTube to dearly departed colleague Ivette Yee. I typically try to avoid posting Sun-Sentinel colleagues' videos online, but this was too good to resist:

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