10 -- arrive, check emails (7). reply to debi about my hours yesterday (8, spread over 11, with lunch and breaks).
11 -- meeting with mason, debi and mitch to learn mason's process for rebate flyers and then talk about templates and styles in indesign.
11:25 -- debi briefs me on a letter/flyer for costco. start working on it.
11:40 -- email reminders to the print shop that the test file we gave them is not final and to please finish the estimate on the GE services for the calendars so we can determine quantities.
12:50 -- first draft costco PDF sent to debi. start reply to lenore's questions.
12:55 -- look up window envelope options for lenore.
1:10 -- finish and send email to lenore. i pass along more questions from the print shop so we can get the estimate done. then totally lost track of the afternoon with interruptions, phone calls, moving files, re-doing the file for the lit pack sample, trying to get the estimate, starting rebates, tracking down files for jenny's costco kit. monica brought me lunch so no breaks taken.
6:15 -- quitting for the day.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, 2008
10 -- arrive, check email (12). figure out the status of the officemax sitelet and what i could do to help. prepare for 11am meeting with CI.
11 -- marci calls to ask if i was planning to join the call-in meeting.
11:05 -- marci forwards me the call-in info and meeting request. it is a strange attachment that i can't open. i try iCal and it won't open until i fill out fields in some address book application.
11:10 -- finally i get the number and code and call in. i basically reiterate everything i emailed to all involved last night.
11:35 -- hang up. debi comes over to get the status on the calendar printing and asks me to archive all my files for the IT Advantage welcome kit. so i do.
12 -- lunch.
1:05 -- back at my desk. finish up the monthly gov calendar.
1:40 -- debi stops by to give me a pile of service documents updates and a quick job for nancy, the new flower YAG for the lit packs.
2:10 -- send new PDF to debi, carol and kathy moore. debi asks me to archive the files and i do.
2:25 -- done archiving the lit pack sample calendar, start archiving the other 3 (monthly, YAG letter-size and YAG tabloid size) in the office advisor folder.
2:50 -- done archiving, lenore comes over with print samples of the monthly calendar, collated and stapled. she is going to confirm quantities for me once we hear how much the collating, folding and stapling is going to cost. she gives me a few more edits.
3:05 -- back to the monthly calendar.
3:45 -- marci appears and has major changes to the officemax index page and smaller changes to several others.
4 -- finish gov monthly calendar covers, make PDF to send to lenore.
4:25 -- send email with PDF. try to find the grand canyon image on istock, getty and our servers.
4:35 -- write to lenore asking for the file. continue searching.
4:45 -- she can't find it and asks me to buy a new image of a national park. i start searching on istock but she has no credits left on the account. i sent her two images i found to see what she thinks. look thru her unrelated lightoboxes jut in case.
5 -- send over a couple shots she had picked earlier to see what she thinks. she leaves for the day. i continue searching for images.
5:40 -- give up and lay out dec 2008 calendar grid. adding a spread to the front and taking out the one at the end is going to mean re-doing the bookletizing. math.
5:50 -- math done. back to layout.
6:40 -- make PDF. take a break.
8:25 -- back at work. test PDF for collating and bookletting.
8:40 -- prints fine, file too big to email. re-distill. another break.
9:15 -- send PDF to lenore and debi. done for today.
11 -- marci calls to ask if i was planning to join the call-in meeting.
11:05 -- marci forwards me the call-in info and meeting request. it is a strange attachment that i can't open. i try iCal and it won't open until i fill out fields in some address book application.
11:10 -- finally i get the number and code and call in. i basically reiterate everything i emailed to all involved last night.
11:35 -- hang up. debi comes over to get the status on the calendar printing and asks me to archive all my files for the IT Advantage welcome kit. so i do.
12 -- lunch.
1:05 -- back at my desk. finish up the monthly gov calendar.
1:40 -- debi stops by to give me a pile of service documents updates and a quick job for nancy, the new flower YAG for the lit packs.
2:10 -- send new PDF to debi, carol and kathy moore. debi asks me to archive the files and i do.
2:25 -- done archiving the lit pack sample calendar, start archiving the other 3 (monthly, YAG letter-size and YAG tabloid size) in the office advisor folder.
2:50 -- done archiving, lenore comes over with print samples of the monthly calendar, collated and stapled. she is going to confirm quantities for me once we hear how much the collating, folding and stapling is going to cost. she gives me a few more edits.
3:05 -- back to the monthly calendar.
3:45 -- marci appears and has major changes to the officemax index page and smaller changes to several others.
4 -- finish gov monthly calendar covers, make PDF to send to lenore.
4:25 -- send email with PDF. try to find the grand canyon image on istock, getty and our servers.
4:35 -- write to lenore asking for the file. continue searching.
4:45 -- she can't find it and asks me to buy a new image of a national park. i start searching on istock but she has no credits left on the account. i sent her two images i found to see what she thinks. look thru her unrelated lightoboxes jut in case.
5 -- send over a couple shots she had picked earlier to see what she thinks. she leaves for the day. i continue searching for images.
5:40 -- give up and lay out dec 2008 calendar grid. adding a spread to the front and taking out the one at the end is going to mean re-doing the bookletizing. math.
5:50 -- math done. back to layout.
6:40 -- make PDF. take a break.
8:25 -- back at work. test PDF for collating and bookletting.
8:40 -- prints fine, file too big to email. re-distill. another break.
9:15 -- send PDF to lenore and debi. done for today.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 2008
9:15 -- check emails (6) to see if marci saw the new files i sent last night (before our meeting starts). she seems to have not been online yesterday afternoon at all and had not read any of our group's messages to her.
9:20 -- write email to marci, asking her to look at the new files.
9:25 -- send email.
9:30 -- call in to marci's meeting. sit on hold.
9:35 -- marci, debi and joel come on the line and we discuss the officemax supplies page and lookup tool.
9:45 -- judith frey (the voice of reason) comes on and she finally opens up the files i sent last night and we are able to explain to marci what is possible.
10 -- we agree to launch the sitelet without the supplies lookup tool, which we will add in january, once officemax gets their site organized and working again. lenore writes with questions about printing the calendars. start looking up the answers and composing a reply.
10:40 -- joel calls and asks me to send out an email to the group that he is running late. i do.
11:05 -- guy writes to ask where FCP files are. i reply with the path for all of FCP and explain that everything i've worked on is archived.
11:10 -- send email. back to researching for lenore.
11:40 -- debi comes by to ask about the gov calendars and the test prints. i agree to send her a PDF of the monthly calendar to have the print shop test out.
11:45 -- make PDF (i had been test-printing from indesign).
11:50 -- write email to debi about how to print it.
12 -- email sent. back to the email to lenore.
12:20 -- email sent. reply to debi's question about testing the calendar printing in the printshop.
12:25 -- email sent. lunchtime.
12:35 -- back at my desk. make changes to the gold YAG calendar.
2 -- lenore stops by and answers most of my questions from the morning emails. i show her the file on screen and she has more changes.
2:05 -- she leaves and i make the changes.
3:10 -- joel stops by to ask if i could make the changes on the officemax supplies page and upload it. i do it.
3:15 -- email everyone to tell them the files are posted and done. finish up the gold YAG and PDF.
3:20 -- email from debi asking if i have time for new projects. write reply.
3:30 -- email sent. start email to lenore with the final draft of the gold YAG. debi writes back to clarify a project we had been working on in august for the IT Adv program. i write out what the cert guide was and why they changed everything on it.
3:40 -- email sent. email to lenore sent. debi replies, asking how long i will need to finish it. look over the doc they sent and write reply, saying 3 days.
3:50 -- email sent. write out the past hour here.
4 -- debi says to finish the gov calendars first. starting email to print shop to get a more accurate estimate for the calendars.
4:50 -- channel intelligence emails with several questions. i start to respond to all that i can address myself and research what i can
5:35 -- send email. finish estimate request to the print shop.
6 -- send email. quitting for the day.
9:20 -- write email to marci, asking her to look at the new files.
9:25 -- send email.
9:30 -- call in to marci's meeting. sit on hold.
9:35 -- marci, debi and joel come on the line and we discuss the officemax supplies page and lookup tool.
9:45 -- judith frey (the voice of reason) comes on and she finally opens up the files i sent last night and we are able to explain to marci what is possible.
10 -- we agree to launch the sitelet without the supplies lookup tool, which we will add in january, once officemax gets their site organized and working again. lenore writes with questions about printing the calendars. start looking up the answers and composing a reply.
10:40 -- joel calls and asks me to send out an email to the group that he is running late. i do.
11:05 -- guy writes to ask where FCP files are. i reply with the path for all of FCP and explain that everything i've worked on is archived.
11:10 -- send email. back to researching for lenore.
11:40 -- debi comes by to ask about the gov calendars and the test prints. i agree to send her a PDF of the monthly calendar to have the print shop test out.
11:45 -- make PDF (i had been test-printing from indesign).
11:50 -- write email to debi about how to print it.
12 -- email sent. back to the email to lenore.
12:20 -- email sent. reply to debi's question about testing the calendar printing in the printshop.
12:25 -- email sent. lunchtime.
12:35 -- back at my desk. make changes to the gold YAG calendar.
2 -- lenore stops by and answers most of my questions from the morning emails. i show her the file on screen and she has more changes.
2:05 -- she leaves and i make the changes.
3:10 -- joel stops by to ask if i could make the changes on the officemax supplies page and upload it. i do it.
3:15 -- email everyone to tell them the files are posted and done. finish up the gold YAG and PDF.
3:20 -- email from debi asking if i have time for new projects. write reply.
3:30 -- email sent. start email to lenore with the final draft of the gold YAG. debi writes back to clarify a project we had been working on in august for the IT Adv program. i write out what the cert guide was and why they changed everything on it.
3:40 -- email sent. email to lenore sent. debi replies, asking how long i will need to finish it. look over the doc they sent and write reply, saying 3 days.
3:50 -- email sent. write out the past hour here.
4 -- debi says to finish the gov calendars first. starting email to print shop to get a more accurate estimate for the calendars.
4:50 -- channel intelligence emails with several questions. i start to respond to all that i can address myself and research what i can
5:35 -- send email. finish estimate request to the print shop.
6 -- send email. quitting for the day.
Monday, October 13, 2008
MONDAY, OCT. 13, 2008
10 -- arrive, read emails (6). the network with our 7760 changed over the weekend. reconnecting and setting up.
10:55 -- printers are set up. start testing papers and printing of the gov calendars.
11 -- nevermind. the printer is still not working from my computer. start over setup.
11:10 -- joel comes by to make sure i saw marci's email with a decision made on the headline for the officemax B&W page. she also writes to invite me to a meeting with someone at corporate to set up the back-end functionality of the supplies lookup tool she wants on the supplies page. believing this is beyond the scope of design, i forward to debi and ask how i should respond.
11:15 -- email sent. reply to all that the OM files are still posted on our FTP site.
11:20 -- try to decipher another email from marci. i think she wants a separate meeting with joel to explain what they want on the supplies page.
11:35 -- debi replies that i should talk with the corporate person with marci to ensure confusion is kept to a minimum. start reply to marci with my availability for meeting.
11:50 -- send reply. try to figure out who this judith frey is.
11:55 -- meeting request arrives from marci, i reply asking to talk to her today to prepare for this meeting.
12 -- reply sent. write down all that happened the past hour.
12:15 -- go discuss this supplies lookup tool thing with joel. he's not at his desk. bathroom break.
12:20 -- joel still not at his desk. write to marci again, telling her to send me the URL of the lookup tool she wants and telling her i'll call this afternoon to learn about all of it before tomorrow morning's meeting with judith frey.
12:25 -- email sent. start email to joel asking him to call marci and conference me in.
12:30 -- send email. lunch.
12:40 -- lenore found me in the cafeteria and we discussed printing and pricing for her calendars.
1 -- finally eat lunch.
1:30 -- back to desk, read emails (6).
1:35 -- go get joel and (using my own personal phone) call my work phone (so joel can use it and see the same screen as me) and then conference in marci. try to figure out what she wants.
2 -- hang up because marci has another call. i agree to call back later. joel and i tell marci we're going to run all this by debi because it is far beyond our scope. debi isn't at her desk.
2:05 -- i start compiling a list of all the printers OM carries so i can explain to debi why they do not need US to do this work.
2:35 -- she wants 24 different webpages? OM carries 24 xerox products. start email to marci to confirm she wants 24 pages in two weeks.
3 -- send email and wait. re-read lenore's new requests for the calendars.
3:05 -- confirm request with lenore. ashley calls and asks me to meet her at mason's desk to see about sending an HTML email. mason doens't have entourage and his layout contains tables, so justin will have to send it.
3:10 -- back at my desk, debi calls off the supplies lookup tool. i reply to lenore that i will have her YAG done by 10/22. start working on that.
3:45 -- monica comes by to help me set up the printers.
3:50 -- send test prints.
4:20 -- email thanks to monica. joel comes by to discuss the officemax pages. i realize i can make a drop-down that could be coded directly to OM search results. i start making that.
5:25 -- finish sups page and B&W page. zip for emailing to marci, joel and debi.
5:30 -- upload and start email to all.
5:50 -- send email. go see what joel thinks.
6:05 -- finish up gold YAG calendar for lenore.
6:30 -- send new PDF (customizable) to lenore. start fixes to monthly calendar.
7:15 -- quitting for the day.
10:55 -- printers are set up. start testing papers and printing of the gov calendars.
11 -- nevermind. the printer is still not working from my computer. start over setup.
11:10 -- joel comes by to make sure i saw marci's email with a decision made on the headline for the officemax B&W page. she also writes to invite me to a meeting with someone at corporate to set up the back-end functionality of the supplies lookup tool she wants on the supplies page. believing this is beyond the scope of design, i forward to debi and ask how i should respond.
11:15 -- email sent. reply to all that the OM files are still posted on our FTP site.
11:20 -- try to decipher another email from marci. i think she wants a separate meeting with joel to explain what they want on the supplies page.
11:35 -- debi replies that i should talk with the corporate person with marci to ensure confusion is kept to a minimum. start reply to marci with my availability for meeting.
11:50 -- send reply. try to figure out who this judith frey is.
11:55 -- meeting request arrives from marci, i reply asking to talk to her today to prepare for this meeting.
12 -- reply sent. write down all that happened the past hour.
12:15 -- go discuss this supplies lookup tool thing with joel. he's not at his desk. bathroom break.
12:20 -- joel still not at his desk. write to marci again, telling her to send me the URL of the lookup tool she wants and telling her i'll call this afternoon to learn about all of it before tomorrow morning's meeting with judith frey.
12:25 -- email sent. start email to joel asking him to call marci and conference me in.
12:30 -- send email. lunch.
12:40 -- lenore found me in the cafeteria and we discussed printing and pricing for her calendars.
1 -- finally eat lunch.
1:30 -- back to desk, read emails (6).
1:35 -- go get joel and (using my own personal phone) call my work phone (so joel can use it and see the same screen as me) and then conference in marci. try to figure out what she wants.
2 -- hang up because marci has another call. i agree to call back later. joel and i tell marci we're going to run all this by debi because it is far beyond our scope. debi isn't at her desk.
2:05 -- i start compiling a list of all the printers OM carries so i can explain to debi why they do not need US to do this work.
2:35 -- she wants 24 different webpages? OM carries 24 xerox products. start email to marci to confirm she wants 24 pages in two weeks.
3 -- send email and wait. re-read lenore's new requests for the calendars.
3:05 -- confirm request with lenore. ashley calls and asks me to meet her at mason's desk to see about sending an HTML email. mason doens't have entourage and his layout contains tables, so justin will have to send it.
3:10 -- back at my desk, debi calls off the supplies lookup tool. i reply to lenore that i will have her YAG done by 10/22. start working on that.
3:45 -- monica comes by to help me set up the printers.
3:50 -- send test prints.
4:20 -- email thanks to monica. joel comes by to discuss the officemax pages. i realize i can make a drop-down that could be coded directly to OM search results. i start making that.
5:25 -- finish sups page and B&W page. zip for emailing to marci, joel and debi.
5:30 -- upload and start email to all.
5:50 -- send email. go see what joel thinks.
6:05 -- finish up gold YAG calendar for lenore.
6:30 -- send new PDF (customizable) to lenore. start fixes to monthly calendar.
7:15 -- quitting for the day.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10, 2008
10:05 -- arrive, check email, chat with co-workers.
10:20 -- try to figure out how to print out the gov calendars.
10:55 -- go to J18 for staff meeting.
11:55 -- back at desk. start gil hatch email -- top graphic first, then email body.
12:30 -- first draft to guy. image is coming thru as an attachment instead of web link. try to figure out how to insert the HTML.
1:30 -- final draft sent with image embedded. lunch.
1:40 -- back at desk, back to setting up the gov calendars file.
3:15 -- joel calls asking why marci hasn't responded to any of his messages (yet files were due today).
3:30 -- back to the calendar.
5:35 -- finally get the calendar to print correctly. lenore stops by and looks at it all together. we decide to add all 11 contacts to the back cover and take out the YAG and put in a december 2008 page. chat with lenore and print out a copy for her and staple it together.
6:05 -- archive stray files and get everything into as few folders as possible.
6:20 -- shut down.
10:20 -- try to figure out how to print out the gov calendars.
10:55 -- go to J18 for staff meeting.
11:55 -- back at desk. start gil hatch email -- top graphic first, then email body.
12:30 -- first draft to guy. image is coming thru as an attachment instead of web link. try to figure out how to insert the HTML.
1:30 -- final draft sent with image embedded. lunch.
1:40 -- back at desk, back to setting up the gov calendars file.
3:15 -- joel calls asking why marci hasn't responded to any of his messages (yet files were due today).
3:30 -- back to the calendar.
5:35 -- finally get the calendar to print correctly. lenore stops by and looks at it all together. we decide to add all 11 contacts to the back cover and take out the YAG and put in a december 2008 page. chat with lenore and print out a copy for her and staple it together.
6:05 -- archive stray files and get everything into as few folders as possible.
6:20 -- shut down.
Friday, October 10, 2008
THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 2008
9:50 -- sent email to debi to tell her i would be late. check emails, reply to chris debski and shelly dates about the passport.
10:25 -- arrive. voicemail from chris debski making sure i got her edits.
10:30 -- make edits on the passport.
10:40 -- send new PDF. make new files for the gov YAG calendars (2).
11 -- one more edit on the passport.
11:10 -- send new PDF. make PDFs of the new gov YAG calendars.
11:15 -- send out new gov YAG calendars to lenore. back to the monthly calendar.
12:30 -- lunch.
1:35 -- back to my desk. back to calendar.
7:25 -- no interruptions all afternoon. calendar is laid out but not printing right. quitting for the day.
10:25 -- arrive. voicemail from chris debski making sure i got her edits.
10:30 -- make edits on the passport.
10:40 -- send new PDF. make new files for the gov YAG calendars (2).
11 -- one more edit on the passport.
11:10 -- send new PDF. make PDFs of the new gov YAG calendars.
11:15 -- send out new gov YAG calendars to lenore. back to the monthly calendar.
12:30 -- lunch.
1:35 -- back to my desk. back to calendar.
7:25 -- no interruptions all afternoon. calendar is laid out but not printing right. quitting for the day.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7, 2008
9:45 -- call debi to tell her i'll be late, get voicemail from kathy moore about printing the gov calendars.
10:30 -- arrive. read emails (7). go write on debi's white board that she is working from home and on email today.
10:35 -- reply to debi that i wrote on her board. start reply to kathy moore about the calendars.
10:50 -- email sent. look over PDF of translated french rebate flyer. send approval to lexitech and request source files.
11:05 -- change part number and send on PDF to mason and debi. start passport layout.
11:50 -- kathy brings over paper samples and we discuss.
11:55 -- back to the passport.
12:30 -- lunch. Joel comes out to find me in the cafeteria to ask if i can work on a 4-page brochure due this week. i discuss priorities with him and say i could help. Joel comes back ~15 minutes later to say nevermind.
1:30 -- back from lunch. work on the passport.
2:05 -- send first draft of the passport to debi, shelly dates, chris debski and brenda deforest. joel comes by to see the supplies page so far. he has some changes for the banner. i start on those.
2:25 -- debi mentions that the passport needs legal text and a logo. i put together a reply with some generic legalese with contest terms in it that they could use.
2:30 -- send email. shelly replies saying they don't need the legalese. i go back to the officemax supplies banner (since the east-coasters are probly done for the day)).
3:45 -- finish banner and start email to joel and debi.
3:50 -- notice the file size is 2.3MB. go back to reduce it.
4:20 -- get it down to 1.6MB and send. joel comes to see about taking out one part of the banner animation. i take that out.
4:35 -- send a new file to debi for approval. she has concerns about the imagery.
4:40 -- i call mitch over to critique the banner. he thinks it's better with the removed part back in.
4:45 -- debi admits she can't actually see the banner file. back to the passport.
6:45 -- finish passport and send out for proofing. end.
10:30 -- arrive. read emails (7). go write on debi's white board that she is working from home and on email today.
10:35 -- reply to debi that i wrote on her board. start reply to kathy moore about the calendars.
10:50 -- email sent. look over PDF of translated french rebate flyer. send approval to lexitech and request source files.
11:05 -- change part number and send on PDF to mason and debi. start passport layout.
11:50 -- kathy brings over paper samples and we discuss.
11:55 -- back to the passport.
12:30 -- lunch. Joel comes out to find me in the cafeteria to ask if i can work on a 4-page brochure due this week. i discuss priorities with him and say i could help. Joel comes back ~15 minutes later to say nevermind.
1:30 -- back from lunch. work on the passport.
2:05 -- send first draft of the passport to debi, shelly dates, chris debski and brenda deforest. joel comes by to see the supplies page so far. he has some changes for the banner. i start on those.
2:25 -- debi mentions that the passport needs legal text and a logo. i put together a reply with some generic legalese with contest terms in it that they could use.
2:30 -- send email. shelly replies saying they don't need the legalese. i go back to the officemax supplies banner (since the east-coasters are probly done for the day)).
3:45 -- finish banner and start email to joel and debi.
3:50 -- notice the file size is 2.3MB. go back to reduce it.
4:20 -- get it down to 1.6MB and send. joel comes to see about taking out one part of the banner animation. i take that out.
4:35 -- send a new file to debi for approval. she has concerns about the imagery.
4:40 -- i call mitch over to critique the banner. he thinks it's better with the removed part back in.
4:45 -- debi admits she can't actually see the banner file. back to the passport.
6:45 -- finish passport and send out for proofing. end.
Monday, October 6, 2008
MONDAY, OCT. 6, 2008
10 -- arrive. email not working, servers not working. i can get my email on my phone. go talk to other mac users to figure out how to work around it.
11:10 -- mitch hears from mark shepard and helps me reset the DHCP lease. restarting.
11:15 -- no change. reset the lease thing again. nothing.
11:20 -- call chris debski back, no answer. check emails by reloading webmail on my phone.
12 -- receive the email from debi saying john lamken's pizza is here, but no word on where. i go thru old emails and my calendar trying to find a location. i refresh my email and check to see if mitch knows where to go. mitch, mason and debi are gone (guy is in chicago).
12:05 -- after i refresh and still find no email about where to go, i reply to debi asking "where," on the off-chance that she has her phone with her and email turned on. while refreshing over and over, i check all the conference rooms off the lobby, the customer dining room, the cafeteria, our regular meeting rooms, the break room, the bigger rooms over by H13, the channel marketing area, and michelle's desk.
12:15 -- come back to my desk to see if there is a voicemail for me. none. go back to the lobby and start opening doors and looking inside. i find the group done eating in the yellow room.
12:40 -- back to my desk, still no email, web or servers. try the DHCP lease thing again and again, restart, try again.
1:10 -- start working on the officemax graphics.
1:35 -- call mark shepard. he's coming down to look and see why i still can't connect. chris debski calls to talk about the conference passport.
1:45 -- mark arrives and can't figure it out. he calls EDS and they are sending out a dennis trellis.
2 -- mark leaves and i start back on the officemax graphics.
2:05 -- an email arrives in my entourage -- it's working! i call mark and tell him. reply to chris debski's email about the passport.
2:10 -- send email. request arrives from nancy to print out her YAG calendar on a 6180. i forward to debi with a list of the projects i see as higher priorities.
2:15 -- on the officemax supplies lookup graphic, i don't like the word "part" so i start an email to joel asking to change it to supplies.
2:25 -- joel walks by as i'm about to send. he approves my wording and i delete the email. finish graphic.
2:40 -- send email to debi. place graphic.
2:45 -- take personal phone call.
3 -- back at my desk. thank debi. go show joel the supplies page. try to find it on his computer, which crashes. twice.
3:25 -- back to my desk, where i show him the page so far and we discuss the banner graphic.
3:30 -- start working on the banner graphic.
3:50 -- email request from debi for the process for getting things translated. start reply.
4:40 -- send email. back to supplies banner.
4:50 -- mason comes by to tell me i forgot to include the password. i upload his file and tell him to write marie-eve with his request. i run a search for the password.
5:05 -- mason asks me if the email he sent to request translation is good. it is.
5:10 -- i find the password and forward it to mason. back to the sups banner.
6:45 -- email joel and debi that the first draft of the supplies page is ready for proofing. start searching for passport art.
6:55 -- find passport photo, buy it and download. photoshop the back so it will make a complete cover.
7:20 -- place the cover into indesign to layout the passport inside tomorrow.
7:44 -- quitting for the day.
11:10 -- mitch hears from mark shepard and helps me reset the DHCP lease. restarting.
11:15 -- no change. reset the lease thing again. nothing.
11:20 -- call chris debski back, no answer. check emails by reloading webmail on my phone.
12 -- receive the email from debi saying john lamken's pizza is here, but no word on where. i go thru old emails and my calendar trying to find a location. i refresh my email and check to see if mitch knows where to go. mitch, mason and debi are gone (guy is in chicago).
12:05 -- after i refresh and still find no email about where to go, i reply to debi asking "where," on the off-chance that she has her phone with her and email turned on. while refreshing over and over, i check all the conference rooms off the lobby, the customer dining room, the cafeteria, our regular meeting rooms, the break room, the bigger rooms over by H13, the channel marketing area, and michelle's desk.
12:15 -- come back to my desk to see if there is a voicemail for me. none. go back to the lobby and start opening doors and looking inside. i find the group done eating in the yellow room.
12:40 -- back to my desk, still no email, web or servers. try the DHCP lease thing again and again, restart, try again.
1:10 -- start working on the officemax graphics.
1:35 -- call mark shepard. he's coming down to look and see why i still can't connect. chris debski calls to talk about the conference passport.
1:45 -- mark arrives and can't figure it out. he calls EDS and they are sending out a dennis trellis.
2 -- mark leaves and i start back on the officemax graphics.
2:05 -- an email arrives in my entourage -- it's working! i call mark and tell him. reply to chris debski's email about the passport.
2:10 -- send email. request arrives from nancy to print out her YAG calendar on a 6180. i forward to debi with a list of the projects i see as higher priorities.
2:15 -- on the officemax supplies lookup graphic, i don't like the word "part" so i start an email to joel asking to change it to supplies.
2:25 -- joel walks by as i'm about to send. he approves my wording and i delete the email. finish graphic.
2:40 -- send email to debi. place graphic.
2:45 -- take personal phone call.
3 -- back at my desk. thank debi. go show joel the supplies page. try to find it on his computer, which crashes. twice.
3:25 -- back to my desk, where i show him the page so far and we discuss the banner graphic.
3:30 -- start working on the banner graphic.
3:50 -- email request from debi for the process for getting things translated. start reply.
4:40 -- send email. back to supplies banner.
4:50 -- mason comes by to tell me i forgot to include the password. i upload his file and tell him to write marie-eve with his request. i run a search for the password.
5:05 -- mason asks me if the email he sent to request translation is good. it is.
5:10 -- i find the password and forward it to mason. back to the sups banner.
6:45 -- email joel and debi that the first draft of the supplies page is ready for proofing. start searching for passport art.
6:55 -- find passport photo, buy it and download. photoshop the back so it will make a complete cover.
7:20 -- place the cover into indesign to layout the passport inside tomorrow.
7:44 -- quitting for the day.
Friday, October 3, 2008
FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 2008
8:05 -- check email from home (3). forward on quote from imageiseverything.net to debi and bonnie.
8:10 -- send. sign out.
9 -- check email from home (2). reply to geoff gillam about the resolution of the signage drama yesterday, thanking him too. mark bonnie's email about the PDPs as new so i can do that when i get into the office.
9:05 -- sign out.
9:55 -- realize i am going to arrive late at my desk. send debi an email to let her know.
10:15 -- arrive. check email (1) and start my PDP planning.
11:55 -- submit PDP form. go to lunch with the group.
1:15 -- back at my desk. upload the partner program PDF and source file ZIP to shelly's docushare.
1:20 -- start writing email to shelly to tell her the files are there and how to use them. debi lets bonnie know i will be late to my PDP planning meeting.
1:40 -- send message, go with bonnie to my PDP planning meeting in the ruby room.
2:05 -- back at my desk. send PDF directly to shelly (my link was broken across a line break in my last message). write appreciation email to the folks at imageiseverything.net for getting the quote ready for us and cancelling the order.
2:20 -- send email. reflect on PDP meeting.
2:35 -- start layout of the supplies page for the officemax sitelet.
3:30 -- debi writes to check in on the calendars and getting the estimate from the print shop. i let her know i had started a request for them and will finish it right away. print out a dummy and assemble it, realize i have the files set up wrong. continue writing the email.
4 -- send estimate request email with assembly diagram. back to officemax supplies page.
4:45 -- start supplies lookup graphic.
5:05 -- leaving early (with permission).
8:10 -- send. sign out.
9 -- check email from home (2). reply to geoff gillam about the resolution of the signage drama yesterday, thanking him too. mark bonnie's email about the PDPs as new so i can do that when i get into the office.
9:05 -- sign out.
9:55 -- realize i am going to arrive late at my desk. send debi an email to let her know.
10:15 -- arrive. check email (1) and start my PDP planning.
11:55 -- submit PDP form. go to lunch with the group.
1:15 -- back at my desk. upload the partner program PDF and source file ZIP to shelly's docushare.
1:20 -- start writing email to shelly to tell her the files are there and how to use them. debi lets bonnie know i will be late to my PDP planning meeting.
1:40 -- send message, go with bonnie to my PDP planning meeting in the ruby room.
2:05 -- back at my desk. send PDF directly to shelly (my link was broken across a line break in my last message). write appreciation email to the folks at imageiseverything.net for getting the quote ready for us and cancelling the order.
2:20 -- send email. reflect on PDP meeting.
2:35 -- start layout of the supplies page for the officemax sitelet.
3:30 -- debi writes to check in on the calendars and getting the estimate from the print shop. i let her know i had started a request for them and will finish it right away. print out a dummy and assemble it, realize i have the files set up wrong. continue writing the email.
4 -- send estimate request email with assembly diagram. back to officemax supplies page.
4:45 -- start supplies lookup graphic.
5:05 -- leaving early (with permission).
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