My job is nuts! … oh and Google Reader too
For a while, I got up and went to work and no one even knew I existed. Now, it seems, EVERYONE knows I exist and I’m constantly, you know, doing stuff. Not that I’m complaining. I love my job. It’s cool. I get to do some cool stuff. For instance, setting up company-wide webcasts. And updating the website.
Thursday was very hectic as I ran around getting stuff done. I guess folks like me because I do what I say I’m going to do. I try very hard to keep people happy and get everything done I’ve promised. But lately I feel like I’m being pulled in about a thousand different directions. I didn’t even have time to blink today.
My boss says I’m getting good visibility. I agree with her, but I still wish I could be totally anonymous. hehe
I’m in charge of organizing and setting up next week’s webcast. Plus, we’re recording the conference call portion so we can distribute it to the other offices so I’ve had to figure out how that all works. I did a pre-test to my test today. The pre-test involved Brother and Best Good Friend (aka sis-in-law). I recorded our teleconference session and webcast and then did a playback. I was shocked to hear myself talk – I have a really bad drawl. It’s awful! haha At any rate, I got everything organized and sent-out official sounding emails. I feel so important…NOT! LOL
Anyhoo… I want to share a really cool tool someone told me about. It’s Google Reader. Do you know about this handy thing? I didn’t. In fact, I was all too happy to get it all set up and use it. It’s for those of us who are blog readers and want to keep up with our friends and industry folks. I set up all my favorite blogs on the reader and then all I have to do it skim the list to see who’s updated. I can read it right there on the screen and if I want to comment, I just click on it and it pulls up the blog in a new window. I LOVE IT! It’s great! I highly recommend that if you keep up with 203498 blogs a day, log into Google Reader. You’ll need to set up an account on Google (but I already do so no big) and then just add your favs under Subscriptions. It’s cool!
Okay that’s it for me. I’m off to work!
July 18th, 2008 at 8:36 am
AHHH, I love google reader too. It is really helping me keep up now.
I like being anonymous. With Les’ job, everyone on base knew who he was. He was the money man, so every group commander knew him, and we would get stopped at the Commissary, at the club, UGH. It was when I was the head of the OWC, which wasn’t a good choice, lol.
Anyway, the last seven years I have been a no one on base. It has been wonderful. I dread if Les makes commander. I want him to make it, but that I would no longer be anonymous.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:11 am
Well, it sounds like you’re getting “recognized” though and isn’t that what it’s all about at work? Although I can see the appeal of a “quiet” work day…
You have a drawl? Hmmm…weren’t you born and raised in TEXAS??? I love drawls–my kids USED to have them and now living in Wisconsin has worked it out of them.
SADNESS. But I lived in Texas long enough that when I get MAD, I have a drawl! WOO!