It seems that a lot of people don’t really have a good idea of what it is I actually do at work, so in the spirit of the Day-in-the-life series of entries I did back in August, today I am going to write about exactly what I do here at work. First, some background information.…
It has been a long day. It’s after 7 PM and I’m just getting home. I was able to be pretty productive until about 11 AM. From that point, and for the rest of the day I was in meetings. I didn’t really even get a lunch today. I ate while I worked, in a…
Today is my 12 year anniversary at my company. That’s right, twelve years ago today was my very first day, and I can remember parts of it as though it were yesterday, which is kind of scary. In those 12 years, I have had exactly 3 offices, which is probably some kind of record since…
Is it really that hard to arrive on time to a meeting? I don’t know about other organizations, but where I work, the ontime arrival of people to meetings is worse than ontime arrival of flights by the major airlines. I don’t understand it. How hard can it be? The most frequent excuse I am…
Yesterday, regarding a presentation I am giving today: COWORKER: Should I attend? It’s up to you guys–I have no preference either way. ME: From what I understand, I am doing a 15 minute demonstration of the tool. I think I can handle it myself. Of course, you are welcome to join if you are interested,…
Why I don’t believe in karma: One would think that because I turned in the $100 bill I found on Saturday that I had a little karma coming to me. So today, one of my co-workers asked if I had a DVD that they could borrow to test the DVD functionality of a laptop. I…
I might have touched on this before, but I was thinking about paperless offices again this morning (having cleaned up much of the paper in my office earlier today). I am convinced that the move to a “paperless” office will be a very difficult one to achieve. In fact, it may be close to impossible…
Today is payday and to celebrate, I cleaned up my office when I got into work this morning.
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So sitting here, waiting with not much to do but read and blog, I find myself surrounded by furniture. Several offices in my vicinity are having their carpets replaced tonight. All of the furniture has been removed from the offices and squeezed into the surrounded common areas. I caught onto this earlier and was smart…
You know it’s bad at work when you can’t get anyone on the phone. Unless it’s a meeting that has been planned ahead of time, you can call as many people as you want–pick five randomly–and the phone wil ring and ring and you’ll be lucky to get a call back sometime weeks in the…
For the next week or so, while construction goes on in the ceiling above my office, I am sitting in a temporary office. It is never quite the same as what you are used to. I just got my dual-monitor configuration setup. But it’s not my keyboard and it feels different. It’s not my mouse.…