After rereading my Connotations of a Pronoun post, I realized I probably should archive these messages here. Interestingly I don’t have anywhere near the number as other IT employees. January 2006 Ezra Freelove, IT Thank you for “helping us access our email. You really care!” April 2005 Ezra Freelove, Information Technology “When she saw that the web…
Back in December, I applied for a position in Enterprise Application Services – Technical Services in the Office of Information and Instructional Technology in the University System of Georgia. The title is the same as mine. The job duties would be one of three Database and Application Administrators for the WebCT Vista system at USG.…
Jeff is thinking about project management, feature/bug tracking, all-in-one. Me too. Though for right now, I would rather just get ticket management over email under control.
How Many A/V Techs Does it Take to Check an Email?, originally uploaded by sneezypb. Maybe it is because only one is a blogger? aliasink
Fireworks, originally uploaded by sneezypb. I took this at the fireworks show for the Rock Eagle conference. There are several I liked. Each made it to my Flickr blog.
Leaving my lunch pitstop, this woman (late-30s, brunette, completely unfamiliar) rolls down her window and asks me, “Did you work at the library?” Thoroughly confused as I had no clue who she was, I answered that I worked there for about 3 years but I work for some place else now. My mind was racing…
This has only happened once: I received an email asking whether or not I received the email telling me the person left me a phone message to set up a meeting.
Use a paper “response list” to triage messages before you do any follow-up. The solution to e-mail overload is pencil and paper? Who knew? Grab a legal pad and label it “Response list.” Run through your incoming e-mails. For each, note on the paper what you have to do or whom you have to call.…
I am toying with the idea of resurrecting the project and to-do list. Lately, there are so many things that I have to do that I am not keeping up with it all. The list was abandoned because there were so many items that I could no longer keep clear what was active and what…