Not all of us have the good fortune to work for enlightened employers. While participating in Stack Overflow (and other Stack Exchange sites) may be closely related to our vocations, we cannot fully participate in all of the Exchange's places.
That's because we're worried about a URL with the word "chat" in it will appear in the network logs. In some cases, such a URL is blocked at the firewall.
I'm not suggesting that Stack Exchange facilitate goofing off at work. I, personally, have not been able to fully engage as a Moderator because I don't dare go to chat.stackexchange.com while I'm at work.
So, how about an alternate URL that we can use? Or even just an IP address?
Update: For what it's worth, I brought this up in last night's Moderator chat-cast and was encouraged to post it here.
unicorns.stackexchange.com
, but we should probably save that for the inevitable SE site.seriouswork.stackexchange.com
? That should throw off the IT department