Work was a lot less stressful today. Made good progress. I went to lunch with Sue at Chevy’s. During the course of the conversation, I came out to her. We got on the subject of our years with IBM, and in the course of telling her how I quit for 7 years, and why, the … Read more
Big day at work today. At a 2:00 team meeting, the “slip” of the release of our product was announced. Instead of having to have everything done by this Friday, 11/22, we have until Friday, 12/13. Everyone was quite relieved, giddy in a way. This product was never going to be ready by this Friday … Read more
The day flew by at work today, which was great. Put the finishing touches on the W2K Installation Guide, incorporating edits back from Casey and Kim. Sent it to Tracey in Austin for copy editing. During the day Casey mentioned getting together for dinner tonight to finish up the “meat in a bag” that Sam … Read more
I stopped by McDonald’s on the way in and got a Sausage McMuffin with Egg, and a large orange juice. Pretty good stuff in spite of how bad it is for you, or because of that. I got to the office at around 10:15. Only Sue was here when I got here. I worked on … Read more
A lot of folks are working today — writers, testers, and some developers. Things are not going well. Everyone arrived at about 9, 9:30. Last night’s build didn’t get run for some reason. After a few phone calls, that got started. An hour or so later it finished, and the build didn’t work. Another one … Read more
Work is getting crazy now. What a day! It made me start thinking about my work, and how I’ve not really been into it since I’ve become a writer. The experience here, working directly with the testers, has made a huge difference. I’m really into it, and excited about the product I’m producing. On the … Read more
I moved over to Sam’s side of the office this morning, since he’s gone back to Raleigh for good. Casey delivered the message that Sam didn’t have room for the extra bag of Pistachios that he’d bought, and that he had them in his office. I did not make as much progress today on the … Read more
What an interesting day. Several developments. My stay here got officially extended. I’ll leave on a 6:45AM flight on Saturday, 11/23. The lunch bunch went to Olive Garden today, at my suggestion. Me, Sam, Lavoy, John, Casey, and Sue. Casey and I had a funny exchange about raspberries. We both hate them. I said, “But … Read more
Busy day at work. Lunch with Casey, Sam, Sue, John, and Lavoy. The group went to Baja Fresh for lunch today. We sat outside, and needed to be under a table with an umbrella because it was so hot. Today’s attendees: Sam, Casey, John, Lavoy, Sue, and me. On the way out to lunch, I … Read more
I dropped Steve off at LAX at about 6:45, and headed back to Irvine to work. I hit just a little traffic on the way, stopped to pick up a bagel, and was at my desk by 7:45. Pretty good. I still beat about 90% of the folks here in as they are mostly 9:00 … Read more