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dragonlady7but nothing on the scale of yesterday, so i'm not worried.
i had dave drive me because of the flooding. i'm not so into that. also, i have a sore throat and i sound like hell. i think i'd rather get a warm, dry, safe ride in a car until the sore throat clears up, or the rain, or both.
so i have his computer today. i like using the laptop. i like os x. but i don't have time to use the laptop, really; it's not mine, so i have to let dave use it (he can't do his work otherwise...) but i don't want to go sit at my own computer, so i end up going and watching him work wherever he is instead of going to my computer and working.
we've had several constructive conversations about the inscrutable toaster project. (Hm. I'd link to it, but Hemulen seems to be down.) Not much actual work has been done, but planning has been done that gives me a very good feeling about it all.
Dave's done a lot of work, both in structuring the database, in planning out its tables, and in actually figuring out how to do the coding. it's not very well-documented, it seems.
I really like working with him because it gives us something concrete to talk about, and gives us both the opportunity to use our brains. We're both good at various aspects of this crap, and actually our skillsets overlap most conveniently, in that our strengths lie in different areas. So it's a very good way to do a project. Which is why we were joking earlier while i was unemployed that we should just start a company because we have all the elements needed to form one. But no product, so...
A business planner would be helpful, I guess. But, I'd rather just work for someone else and let them worry about all the stupid details, for now. There's a lot involved in running a business and I have yet to hear from anyone who works for one that's well-run. So nope, no way; I'm going to be a chump and work for other people. And reserve independent projects for my spare time.
I don't have quite enough of it, is part of the problem. I come home from work too frazzled to do much, even if I spend the late afternoon (like yesterday) staring blankly. I have been working at varying intensities, and the fact remains that no matter how hard or light my actual daily workload is, it's hard for me to focus at night.
But it's always been hard for me to focus, so...
Sigh. This project will get done. And it will be awesome. And once it's done, we'll have tons of awesome things to do all the time-- but they'll be easy and immediately rewarding.
Yep.
I hope that's a little more coherent than my entry of last night. Last night's entry is a graphic illustration of my problems with focus at night. It made no sense, right? It was rambling and stupid.
So, I'm thinking perhaps I should get in the habit of going to sleep early, and should wake up early and do my work then instead. So that I can use whichever computer I want, and can do my thing while I'm focused and capable, and then at work they can get the pieces of my consciousness. The tasks there are more mindless anyhow.
So, it's definitely a thought. Maybe just an hour or two in the mornings...
I dunno. We'll see.
i had dave drive me because of the flooding. i'm not so into that. also, i have a sore throat and i sound like hell. i think i'd rather get a warm, dry, safe ride in a car until the sore throat clears up, or the rain, or both.
so i have his computer today. i like using the laptop. i like os x. but i don't have time to use the laptop, really; it's not mine, so i have to let dave use it (he can't do his work otherwise...) but i don't want to go sit at my own computer, so i end up going and watching him work wherever he is instead of going to my computer and working.
we've had several constructive conversations about the inscrutable toaster project. (Hm. I'd link to it, but Hemulen seems to be down.) Not much actual work has been done, but planning has been done that gives me a very good feeling about it all.
Dave's done a lot of work, both in structuring the database, in planning out its tables, and in actually figuring out how to do the coding. it's not very well-documented, it seems.
I really like working with him because it gives us something concrete to talk about, and gives us both the opportunity to use our brains. We're both good at various aspects of this crap, and actually our skillsets overlap most conveniently, in that our strengths lie in different areas. So it's a very good way to do a project. Which is why we were joking earlier while i was unemployed that we should just start a company because we have all the elements needed to form one. But no product, so...
A business planner would be helpful, I guess. But, I'd rather just work for someone else and let them worry about all the stupid details, for now. There's a lot involved in running a business and I have yet to hear from anyone who works for one that's well-run. So nope, no way; I'm going to be a chump and work for other people. And reserve independent projects for my spare time.
I don't have quite enough of it, is part of the problem. I come home from work too frazzled to do much, even if I spend the late afternoon (like yesterday) staring blankly. I have been working at varying intensities, and the fact remains that no matter how hard or light my actual daily workload is, it's hard for me to focus at night.
But it's always been hard for me to focus, so...
Sigh. This project will get done. And it will be awesome. And once it's done, we'll have tons of awesome things to do all the time-- but they'll be easy and immediately rewarding.
Yep.
I hope that's a little more coherent than my entry of last night. Last night's entry is a graphic illustration of my problems with focus at night. It made no sense, right? It was rambling and stupid.
So, I'm thinking perhaps I should get in the habit of going to sleep early, and should wake up early and do my work then instead. So that I can use whichever computer I want, and can do my thing while I'm focused and capable, and then at work they can get the pieces of my consciousness. The tasks there are more mindless anyhow.
So, it's definitely a thought. Maybe just an hour or two in the mornings...
I dunno. We'll see.
this is from kat
Date: 2003-06-18 06:56 pm (UTC)And they pay me a LOT, and demand --actually demand-- that I take at least 30 minutes to eat and that I go home after 8 hours. And I'm supposed to go home when I'm done, even if I've only worked 6 hours...they say, well, you did your job today, and we're not going to penalize you for being effecient. And when I'm sick, like yesterday, they send me home early just out of empathy. :)