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.
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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).
Thursday, October 2, 2008
THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 2008
10:05 -- arrive, read emails (6) and listen to VM from shelly's printer.
10:10 -- call shelly's printer (chris debski) back, leave VM promising to send source files for the cover and asking what format they need.
10:15 -- go answer mason's question about custom fields XML in summit emails.
10:20 -- write email to shelly and her printer about saving out her stickers as a PDF.
10:25 -- put together EPS and PDF of the partner program cover files.
10:55 -- remember to re-send summit the emailbuilder files. chris debski calls and she explains what she really needs to print the cover on nicer paper on the iGen with full bleeds. she asks me to post the source files on the GKLS docushare site. i collect the files while we speak.
11:10 -- try to find emails that would tell me how to upload the files myself. no dice. compose email to judith and heidi, asking them to upload the files for me or remind me how to do it, but ASAP.
11:15 -- send email. look at the color of the printed gov calendar.
11:20 -- heidi replies to let me know the files are uploaded. start email to let chris debski and shelly know they're there.
11:25 -- send email. back to gov calendar prints.
11:30 -- debi comes over to discuss the status of the calendars and lenore's misconceptions about the scope of the project. i tell her all that had been decided previously and we look at the prints of the work so far.
11:35 -- jenn hart from summit writes to say the emailbuilders all went live without a hitch! yay! back to calendars.
11:45 -- email arrives from shelly about the branding of the partner program. start email response.
11:50 -- email sent. lenore comes over to get the high-res images put on her USB drive. i remember that we weren't printing her calendars in the print shop because she needs 3k-4k of them and because we want a little flap at the bottom with the resellers' info. we look at the printing quotes and i forward them on to her and debi.
12 -- debi comes by to ask about bonnie's involvement with the partner summit program and campaign, but doesn't have time to hear the answer and leaves. shelly dates calls to ask about the branding on the program.
12:05 -- send email with printing quotes. write out the past 15 minutes here.
12:15 -- go to lunch.
1:15 -- back from lunch, read emails (6). write response to debi about the partner program branding.
1:25 -- email sent. start email to the print shop to get estimate for printing lenore's calendars. debi comes by to get prints of the signage done for the partner conference, we add quantities and sizes onto the prints.
1:55 -- joel writes to confirm the headlines we had agreed upon. i start to write him back but lenore comes over with steve reid to look at the gov calendars and discuss taking off the 12 logos (YAY!). send email to joel while they talk to each other.
2:05 -- debi and bonnie come by, lenore and steve leave. after consulting with mike milligan, it was decided that we would replace the blue arrow graphic on everything with the blue full-field connector graphic, including all the signage. i agree to call and get the new estimate (including rush charges), debi gives me her credit card to pay for all of it, and bonnie will tell shelly that we're redesigning everything.
2:20 -- debi leaves to go pick up her daughter, bonnie reminds me to send an email update to all involved once i find out what we're doing.
2:25 -- i call geoff at imagemedia. he cannot do the job in the time available. he suggests i contact someone in savannah.
2:35 -- leave a VM on debi's cell phone that i am pursuing the savannah vendor idea. start writing down everything that has happened in the past hour.
2:55 -- looking up large-format printers.
3:15 -- amber writes to ask me to send over the "DO MORE" emailbuilder files. i don't think we made any updates to the files (and i think we took off the rebate and/or pricing info), so i start to research that.
3:25 -- i find imageiseverything.net in savannah and fill out their quote request form.
3:55 -- submit form. start email to debi and bonnie with my update.
4:25 -- find email started to amber, hit send. update email sent to debi and bonnie. lenore writes to ask what the print shop estimate was, i reply begging to get back to her on monday about it.
4:30 -- email arrives from debi, telling me to stop all work on the partner conf stuff. i reply that i'll go back to working on lenore's calendars.
4:35 -- debi replies that i should make two versions of the partner program, one with the old design and one with the new so that they can send off whichever one is approved tomorrow morning before i get here.
4:40 -- i agree. back to the program.
5:15 -- bonnie calls to make sure i got the message from debi about the arrows being on other pieces made for the summit, and i tell her about the two versions that can be chosen tomorrow morning.
5:40 -- finish design and make PDFs. collect, zip and upload to common.
5:50 -- write email to debi and bonnie about the files.
6:05 -- send email. quitting for today.
10:10 -- call shelly's printer (chris debski) back, leave VM promising to send source files for the cover and asking what format they need.
10:15 -- go answer mason's question about custom fields XML in summit emails.
10:20 -- write email to shelly and her printer about saving out her stickers as a PDF.
10:25 -- put together EPS and PDF of the partner program cover files.
10:55 -- remember to re-send summit the emailbuilder files. chris debski calls and she explains what she really needs to print the cover on nicer paper on the iGen with full bleeds. she asks me to post the source files on the GKLS docushare site. i collect the files while we speak.
11:10 -- try to find emails that would tell me how to upload the files myself. no dice. compose email to judith and heidi, asking them to upload the files for me or remind me how to do it, but ASAP.
11:15 -- send email. look at the color of the printed gov calendar.
11:20 -- heidi replies to let me know the files are uploaded. start email to let chris debski and shelly know they're there.
11:25 -- send email. back to gov calendar prints.
11:30 -- debi comes over to discuss the status of the calendars and lenore's misconceptions about the scope of the project. i tell her all that had been decided previously and we look at the prints of the work so far.
11:35 -- jenn hart from summit writes to say the emailbuilders all went live without a hitch! yay! back to calendars.
11:45 -- email arrives from shelly about the branding of the partner program. start email response.
11:50 -- email sent. lenore comes over to get the high-res images put on her USB drive. i remember that we weren't printing her calendars in the print shop because she needs 3k-4k of them and because we want a little flap at the bottom with the resellers' info. we look at the printing quotes and i forward them on to her and debi.
12 -- debi comes by to ask about bonnie's involvement with the partner summit program and campaign, but doesn't have time to hear the answer and leaves. shelly dates calls to ask about the branding on the program.
12:05 -- send email with printing quotes. write out the past 15 minutes here.
12:15 -- go to lunch.
1:15 -- back from lunch, read emails (6). write response to debi about the partner program branding.
1:25 -- email sent. start email to the print shop to get estimate for printing lenore's calendars. debi comes by to get prints of the signage done for the partner conference, we add quantities and sizes onto the prints.
1:55 -- joel writes to confirm the headlines we had agreed upon. i start to write him back but lenore comes over with steve reid to look at the gov calendars and discuss taking off the 12 logos (YAY!). send email to joel while they talk to each other.
2:05 -- debi and bonnie come by, lenore and steve leave. after consulting with mike milligan, it was decided that we would replace the blue arrow graphic on everything with the blue full-field connector graphic, including all the signage. i agree to call and get the new estimate (including rush charges), debi gives me her credit card to pay for all of it, and bonnie will tell shelly that we're redesigning everything.
2:20 -- debi leaves to go pick up her daughter, bonnie reminds me to send an email update to all involved once i find out what we're doing.
2:25 -- i call geoff at imagemedia. he cannot do the job in the time available. he suggests i contact someone in savannah.
2:35 -- leave a VM on debi's cell phone that i am pursuing the savannah vendor idea. start writing down everything that has happened in the past hour.
2:55 -- looking up large-format printers.
3:15 -- amber writes to ask me to send over the "DO MORE" emailbuilder files. i don't think we made any updates to the files (and i think we took off the rebate and/or pricing info), so i start to research that.
3:25 -- i find imageiseverything.net in savannah and fill out their quote request form.
3:55 -- submit form. start email to debi and bonnie with my update.
4:25 -- find email started to amber, hit send. update email sent to debi and bonnie. lenore writes to ask what the print shop estimate was, i reply begging to get back to her on monday about it.
4:30 -- email arrives from debi, telling me to stop all work on the partner conf stuff. i reply that i'll go back to working on lenore's calendars.
4:35 -- debi replies that i should make two versions of the partner program, one with the old design and one with the new so that they can send off whichever one is approved tomorrow morning before i get here.
4:40 -- i agree. back to the program.
5:15 -- bonnie calls to make sure i got the message from debi about the arrows being on other pieces made for the summit, and i tell her about the two versions that can be chosen tomorrow morning.
5:40 -- finish design and make PDFs. collect, zip and upload to common.
5:50 -- write email to debi and bonnie about the files.
6:05 -- send email. quitting for today.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 2008
10 -- arrive, read emails (4), listen to VM from grinsfelder at bridgetown. lenore got the image unlocked from getty, go there to get it.
10:10 -- joel needs a quick fix for a flyer already uploaded to the lit engine that mitch had worked on. we go to mitch's computer and i find the PDF and change the two prices per paul's request.
10:20 -- mitch arrives and we explain everything we did.
10:25 -- back to getty.com. the image is still "pulled from the collection." call michelle at getty, leave a VM asking her to call me back.
10:30 -- start working on the gov calendar.
11:20 -- joel comes over and we agree upon a timeline for finishing the officemax pages.
11:30 -- email flurry ensues between me, debi, joel and marci about making graphic links look "more like links" on the officemax pages.
11:45 -- debi and joel come over to see the pages and see what marci is talking about. we agree that nothing should be changed, debi will go talk to marci about it.
11:55 -- back to the gov calendar.
12:20 -- lunch.
12:30 -- back from lunch. back to gov calendar.
12:45 -- michelle from getty images calls and helps me find the missing image and i download it and thank her profusely.
12:55 -- guy comes over to see if i still have the legal text from the registration email we made for nancy a long time ago. we find it, i forward it to him.
1:05 -- joel comes over and we pick headlines for the animations for the OM supplies and mono pages. we pick imagery for both, including an image mason used before.
1:30 -- mason needs a zipped file uploaded for translation to french. i upload it and write an email to marie-eve at lexitech to let her know it's there and to submit our request.
1:45 -- geoff from imagemedia sends me tracking numbers for the signage they're shipping, i thank him and forward it on to shelly and debi.
1:50 -- back to finding a good retro image for the supplies page banner.
3:40 -- mitch writes trying to find the login and password for our istock account so melissa can purchase an image for a project she's working on for our group. i go thru my email archive and find it.
3:45 -- sent to mitch and melissa. back to looking for old office photos.
3:55 -- giving up on image search for now. create new images for OM nav box.
4 -- debi stops by for an update on the gov calendars and the OM sitelet.
4:05 -- finish nav box parts and write email explanation how to view the files for debi and joel.
4:10 -- send email. back to the gov calendar. finished placing the high-res images and changing colors for each month.
6:15 -- sent to print so i can check colors in the morning. quitting for today.
10:10 -- joel needs a quick fix for a flyer already uploaded to the lit engine that mitch had worked on. we go to mitch's computer and i find the PDF and change the two prices per paul's request.
10:20 -- mitch arrives and we explain everything we did.
10:25 -- back to getty.com. the image is still "pulled from the collection." call michelle at getty, leave a VM asking her to call me back.
10:30 -- start working on the gov calendar.
11:20 -- joel comes over and we agree upon a timeline for finishing the officemax pages.
11:30 -- email flurry ensues between me, debi, joel and marci about making graphic links look "more like links" on the officemax pages.
11:45 -- debi and joel come over to see the pages and see what marci is talking about. we agree that nothing should be changed, debi will go talk to marci about it.
11:55 -- back to the gov calendar.
12:20 -- lunch.
12:30 -- back from lunch. back to gov calendar.
12:45 -- michelle from getty images calls and helps me find the missing image and i download it and thank her profusely.
12:55 -- guy comes over to see if i still have the legal text from the registration email we made for nancy a long time ago. we find it, i forward it to him.
1:05 -- joel comes over and we pick headlines for the animations for the OM supplies and mono pages. we pick imagery for both, including an image mason used before.
1:30 -- mason needs a zipped file uploaded for translation to french. i upload it and write an email to marie-eve at lexitech to let her know it's there and to submit our request.
1:45 -- geoff from imagemedia sends me tracking numbers for the signage they're shipping, i thank him and forward it on to shelly and debi.
1:50 -- back to finding a good retro image for the supplies page banner.
3:40 -- mitch writes trying to find the login and password for our istock account so melissa can purchase an image for a project she's working on for our group. i go thru my email archive and find it.
3:45 -- sent to mitch and melissa. back to looking for old office photos.
3:55 -- giving up on image search for now. create new images for OM nav box.
4 -- debi stops by for an update on the gov calendars and the OM sitelet.
4:05 -- finish nav box parts and write email explanation how to view the files for debi and joel.
4:10 -- send email. back to the gov calendar. finished placing the high-res images and changing colors for each month.
6:15 -- sent to print so i can check colors in the morning. quitting for today.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2008
9:30 -- arrive, go straight to magenta room for worldwide marketing meeting. try to read emails from my phone. debi asks me to send joel a message and i spend the rest of the time trying to delete emails because my mailbox is too full to send it. it never gets sent.
10:35 -- back to desk. read emails (11). try to find more messages to delete and empty trash so i can use email today.
11 -- reply to shelly about how to print the draft i sent yesterday and her edits.
11:15 -- send reply. melinda needs a sketch of the calendar in order to make her estimate. i draw a sketch in illustrator and make a PDF.
11:55 -- send sketch. look over shelly's edits.
12:05 -- look up part numbers to reply to debi's email about the TPR sheets. start on shelly's edits.
12:50 -- finish edits, make PDF.
12:55 -- sent PDF to debi for approval. went to lunch.
1:10 -- back at my desk. no emails are being sent because my mailbox is full. delete more attachments and file everything on my computer.
1:25 -- debi comes by to get answers to the emails she had sent me this morning. also we discuss final edits to the conference program. melinda calls and emails with more questions about the estimate for the gov calendars.
1:45 -- i call melinda back and leave her a VM to answer her questions, continuing to delete emails from my entourage folders.
2:30 -- finish deleting and archiving emails, restart entourage. email geoff from imagemedia about the ETA on shelly's signage. finish edits on the program and PDF.
2:35 -- send final program PDF to shelly and debi. send all other emails waiting in my drafts folder.
2:40 -- geoff replies with the status on the signage, i forward it to shelly and debi and thank geoff.
2:45 -- start lenore's TPR sheets (3).
3:10 -- take a break from TPRs and write back to EDS about the DHCP reservation form. forward the whole thing to mark shepard, who calls and tells me i don't need to apply for the DHCP reservation until after my IP address is changed, and we may or may not be notified when that happens. finish the email to EDS, cancelling the request.
3:20 -- send email. back to TPRs.
5:10 -- send reseller TPR PDF to debi. start end-user TPR.
5:15 -- debi calls to ask what is wrong with them. i explain all that needed to be done and keep working.
5:50 -- make PDFs of both end-user flyers. insert customizable field for GOVFY-31.
6 -- email PDFs to debi. archive everything. upload to the lit engine.
6:05 -- quitting for the day.
10:35 -- back to desk. read emails (11). try to find more messages to delete and empty trash so i can use email today.
11 -- reply to shelly about how to print the draft i sent yesterday and her edits.
11:15 -- send reply. melinda needs a sketch of the calendar in order to make her estimate. i draw a sketch in illustrator and make a PDF.
11:55 -- send sketch. look over shelly's edits.
12:05 -- look up part numbers to reply to debi's email about the TPR sheets. start on shelly's edits.
12:50 -- finish edits, make PDF.
12:55 -- sent PDF to debi for approval. went to lunch.
1:10 -- back at my desk. no emails are being sent because my mailbox is full. delete more attachments and file everything on my computer.
1:25 -- debi comes by to get answers to the emails she had sent me this morning. also we discuss final edits to the conference program. melinda calls and emails with more questions about the estimate for the gov calendars.
1:45 -- i call melinda back and leave her a VM to answer her questions, continuing to delete emails from my entourage folders.
2:30 -- finish deleting and archiving emails, restart entourage. email geoff from imagemedia about the ETA on shelly's signage. finish edits on the program and PDF.
2:35 -- send final program PDF to shelly and debi. send all other emails waiting in my drafts folder.
2:40 -- geoff replies with the status on the signage, i forward it to shelly and debi and thank geoff.
2:45 -- start lenore's TPR sheets (3).
3:10 -- take a break from TPRs and write back to EDS about the DHCP reservation form. forward the whole thing to mark shepard, who calls and tells me i don't need to apply for the DHCP reservation until after my IP address is changed, and we may or may not be notified when that happens. finish the email to EDS, cancelling the request.
3:20 -- send email. back to TPRs.
5:10 -- send reseller TPR PDF to debi. start end-user TPR.
5:15 -- debi calls to ask what is wrong with them. i explain all that needed to be done and keep working.
5:50 -- make PDFs of both end-user flyers. insert customizable field for GOVFY-31.
6 -- email PDFs to debi. archive everything. upload to the lit engine.
6:05 -- quitting for the day.
Monday, September 29, 2008
MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 2008
10 -- arrive, spread the news about seeing the max train in Wilsonville!!
10:05 -- read emails (4 -- since i had replied to debi's emails about Lenore's TPRs over the weekend). Mark Shepard needed action taken to ensure Retrospect backup. i try to figure out what he needs.
10:25 -- remember to send Lenore the TPR sheets. back to setting up the backup.
10:50 -- finished DHCP creation form per Mark's instructions. wrote an email of thanks to Mark for all the instruction he set up for completing the intimidating EDS form and asked him to bring me a PC laptop this week so i can delete attachments in entourage.
10:55 -- Reading up on the OfficeMax sitelet update to prepare for 11am meeting.
11 -- meeting with Marci, Debi and Joel. Debi not talking to me? i promise to do the nav bars and nav boxes today and the 2 new pages and re-do of the index page by friday, 10/10. Marci will get us a definitive list of OfficeMax's offerings and warn Channel Intelligence about the supplies lookup functionality they will be doing. Joel asks for marketing direction for the animated headers and receives cajoling from Debi ("buy supplies! duh!") and direction from Marci.
11:35 -- start on Shelly's fixes for the partner program. making a plain "make it happen" letter-size sheet for her to print and put into clear folders.
12 -- sent PDF of the slip sheet. back to her marked-up PDF.
12:05 -- shelly replies immediately with thanks and asking to add a "passport" to the project. she has files so i say that sounds fine to me if i can do it tomorrow. send that email, forward to debi with explanation.
12:15 -- send email to debi. lenore's TPRs arrive with explanation, i acknowledge.
12:20 -- marci emails me asking how to open the zip files i sent. i try to figure out what her carrie woods is doing and why they can't see the images.
12:25 -- shelly sends a PDF of the passport. i look it over. it's enormous and there's no way i can do that by thursday unless debi can clear my week. i write out this reply and CC debi.
12:35 -- sent reply. forward PDF to debi. write down here all that transpired the past 20 minutes.
12:40 -- back to figuring out marci's problem. no, shelly replies and wants to take me up on my letter-size folded passport idea. i write to debi and ask if i should agree to it or not.
12:45 -- back to marci. downloaded the zip from her email, unstuffed and all the pages work fine on my computer. write reply about extracting files from zips.
12:50 -- reply sent. lunch.
1:05 -- back to shelly's program.
1:10 -- debi comes over and will be telling shelly we can't do the passport this week. back to program.
1:25 -- go to cafeteria for staff meeting.
2:10 -- back to desk, back to program.
3:25 -- finished all of shelly's, debi's and bonnie's edits, make booklet PDF, print for debi.
3:30 -- write email to shelly and debi, send for approval. starting on officemax nav bars. re-considering the order of the page links.
3:40 -- consulted with joel. we set a new order by topic.
3:50 -- starting layout. made new nav box graphics, rebuilt tables and re-did all the links. created placeholder page templates. QA'd all 8 pages.
6 -- zipped it all. uploaded to xean FTP site.
6:05 -- start email to all stakeholders about the new files available.
6:20 -- sent email explanation and FTP URL to joel, debi and marci. marci is out till wednesday. check calendar and agenda for tomorrow morning's worldwide marketing meeting. download the rest of lenore's purchased images for the gov calendars.
6:35 -- start email to lenore about one of the images being "unavailable" so she can talk to getty about it.
6:45 -- sent email. start emails to premier press and bridgetown requesting an estimate for printing these calendars.
7:05 -- emails sent. quitting for today.
10:05 -- read emails (4 -- since i had replied to debi's emails about Lenore's TPRs over the weekend). Mark Shepard needed action taken to ensure Retrospect backup. i try to figure out what he needs.
10:25 -- remember to send Lenore the TPR sheets. back to setting up the backup.
10:50 -- finished DHCP creation form per Mark's instructions. wrote an email of thanks to Mark for all the instruction he set up for completing the intimidating EDS form and asked him to bring me a PC laptop this week so i can delete attachments in entourage.
10:55 -- Reading up on the OfficeMax sitelet update to prepare for 11am meeting.
11 -- meeting with Marci, Debi and Joel. Debi not talking to me? i promise to do the nav bars and nav boxes today and the 2 new pages and re-do of the index page by friday, 10/10. Marci will get us a definitive list of OfficeMax's offerings and warn Channel Intelligence about the supplies lookup functionality they will be doing. Joel asks for marketing direction for the animated headers and receives cajoling from Debi ("buy supplies! duh!") and direction from Marci.
11:35 -- start on Shelly's fixes for the partner program. making a plain "make it happen" letter-size sheet for her to print and put into clear folders.
12 -- sent PDF of the slip sheet. back to her marked-up PDF.
12:05 -- shelly replies immediately with thanks and asking to add a "passport" to the project. she has files so i say that sounds fine to me if i can do it tomorrow. send that email, forward to debi with explanation.
12:15 -- send email to debi. lenore's TPRs arrive with explanation, i acknowledge.
12:20 -- marci emails me asking how to open the zip files i sent. i try to figure out what her carrie woods is doing and why they can't see the images.
12:25 -- shelly sends a PDF of the passport. i look it over. it's enormous and there's no way i can do that by thursday unless debi can clear my week. i write out this reply and CC debi.
12:35 -- sent reply. forward PDF to debi. write down here all that transpired the past 20 minutes.
12:40 -- back to figuring out marci's problem. no, shelly replies and wants to take me up on my letter-size folded passport idea. i write to debi and ask if i should agree to it or not.
12:45 -- back to marci. downloaded the zip from her email, unstuffed and all the pages work fine on my computer. write reply about extracting files from zips.
12:50 -- reply sent. lunch.
1:05 -- back to shelly's program.
1:10 -- debi comes over and will be telling shelly we can't do the passport this week. back to program.
1:25 -- go to cafeteria for staff meeting.
2:10 -- back to desk, back to program.
3:25 -- finished all of shelly's, debi's and bonnie's edits, make booklet PDF, print for debi.
3:30 -- write email to shelly and debi, send for approval. starting on officemax nav bars. re-considering the order of the page links.
3:40 -- consulted with joel. we set a new order by topic.
3:50 -- starting layout. made new nav box graphics, rebuilt tables and re-did all the links. created placeholder page templates. QA'd all 8 pages.
6 -- zipped it all. uploaded to xean FTP site.
6:05 -- start email to all stakeholders about the new files available.
6:20 -- sent email explanation and FTP URL to joel, debi and marci. marci is out till wednesday. check calendar and agenda for tomorrow morning's worldwide marketing meeting. download the rest of lenore's purchased images for the gov calendars.
6:35 -- start email to lenore about one of the images being "unavailable" so she can talk to getty about it.
6:45 -- sent email. start emails to premier press and bridgetown requesting an estimate for printing these calendars.
7:05 -- emails sent. quitting for today.
Friday, September 26, 2008
FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, 2008
10:05 -- arrive, read emails (4), reply to debi about my schedule today, and listen to voicemail from shelly dates.
10:10 -- look up shelly's intelnet number and call her. she has layout edits and text edits. i make notes of the layout ones and she will send a PDF with notes to me this afternoon (i'm leaving at 1pm). i assure her i will have all the edits done first thing monday morning.
10:25 -- hang up and go debrief debi on the phone call. not sure she heard me because she continued typing, facing away as i spoke.
10:30 -- start working on gov calendars' edits.
12:05 -- took Lenore's jump drive back to her, discussed downloading the rest of the images.
12:15 -- back to desk. try to download getty images. keep getting errors.
1:10 -- leaving for the day.
10:10 -- look up shelly's intelnet number and call her. she has layout edits and text edits. i make notes of the layout ones and she will send a PDF with notes to me this afternoon (i'm leaving at 1pm). i assure her i will have all the edits done first thing monday morning.
10:25 -- hang up and go debrief debi on the phone call. not sure she heard me because she continued typing, facing away as i spoke.
10:30 -- start working on gov calendars' edits.
12:05 -- took Lenore's jump drive back to her, discussed downloading the rest of the images.
12:15 -- back to desk. try to download getty images. keep getting errors.
1:10 -- leaving for the day.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 2008
10 -- arrive, read emails (4), reply to nancy about the gov YAG calendar and to debi about the design of the gov calendars.
10:40 -- start getting together notes for time tracking meeting.
10:55 -- go to D16, meet with debi and bonnie.
11:35 -- back at desk. email with nancy about YAG calendar.
11:45 -- leave for lunch.
12:45 -- back from lunch. 3 emails. reply to nancy that i'll have the YAG calendar next week.
12:55 -- reply sent. forward FCP/XD label shipping info to premier.
1 -- start email to shelly to see where we are on the program.
1:05 -- throw away the email and decide to go back to the layout and finish what i know needs finishing.
1:35 -- melinda from premier replies about shipping the labels, asking if they should be overnighted or shipped ground. she confirms they will be sent ground, i forward to guy and debi. guy then asks for an ETA, i write melinda to ask it.
1:40 -- melinda replies and i thank her. she replies that i should keep an eye out for the samples today or tomorrow. back to the program layout.
3:15 -- linda at the front desk calls and has my samples. i go sign for them and bring back 5 each for me, 5 each for debi and the rest for guy and katie.
3:45 -- back to the program layout.
4:40 -- computer is running so slowly, i must restart. shut down all programs, installed software updates, restarted.
4:50 -- back to the program.
7:25 -- close to final draft -- PDF and send to shelly and debi.
10:40 -- start getting together notes for time tracking meeting.
10:55 -- go to D16, meet with debi and bonnie.
11:35 -- back at desk. email with nancy about YAG calendar.
11:45 -- leave for lunch.
12:45 -- back from lunch. 3 emails. reply to nancy that i'll have the YAG calendar next week.
12:55 -- reply sent. forward FCP/XD label shipping info to premier.
1 -- start email to shelly to see where we are on the program.
1:05 -- throw away the email and decide to go back to the layout and finish what i know needs finishing.
1:35 -- melinda from premier replies about shipping the labels, asking if they should be overnighted or shipped ground. she confirms they will be sent ground, i forward to guy and debi. guy then asks for an ETA, i write melinda to ask it.
1:40 -- melinda replies and i thank her. she replies that i should keep an eye out for the samples today or tomorrow. back to the program layout.
3:15 -- linda at the front desk calls and has my samples. i go sign for them and bring back 5 each for me, 5 each for debi and the rest for guy and katie.
3:45 -- back to the program layout.
4:40 -- computer is running so slowly, i must restart. shut down all programs, installed software updates, restarted.
4:50 -- back to the program.
7:25 -- close to final draft -- PDF and send to shelly and debi.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 24, 2008
10 -- arrive. read emails (4). reply with status report for shelly dates.
10:05 -- try to send email. entourage won't send it, mailbox is full. i try removing attachments.
10:10 -- still won't go. i delete emails that have attachments.
10:15 -- finally sends. i run down to F13 to meet with Lenore about her calendars. She tries to add pages to the printed calendars. i explain that we don't have time and she doesn't have money for that. she tries to add little pictures onto each page, we narrow it down to april, june, july, september and december. i agree to get print estimates today. debi does not attend.
10:45 -- after the meeting, i brief Debi on the decisions made. She tells me about the 2-page scope creep and 2-week deadline extension for OfficeMax. She will send out a meeting notice for me, Joel, Marci and herself.
11 -- back to cleaning out email. i go thru the past three months of email on the xerox webmail site and find that all the "removing attachments" i thought i was doing in entourage does not in fact remove anything. i go through and delete actual emails with attachments that i know i have on file (checking some as i go) or messages with a follow-up message soon after that will document when something was sent and received.
12:20 -- flow in the rest of the missing items from the partner conf program.
12:50 -- lunch.
1:05 -- back to layout of the program and fixing photos.
2:20 -- pete staugaitis stops by for a chat.
2:40 -- pete leaves. make PDF of program progress for shelly.
3 -- send PDF to shelly. mitch says there are people in room G18 so i go to the cafeteria for our staff meeting (since that's where we always go when we find out we don't get to use G18). no one in the cafeteria. hoof it back to G18 late.
3:50 -- staff meeting ends. i forward the program PDF draft to debi. bathroom break and head down to H12 for meeting about the interviewees.
4 -- staff meeting about interviewees.
4:20 -- back to my desk. Lenore is there and we go thru the image sizes i will need for her calendars.
4:30 -- back to the program.
4:50 -- debi comes by and asks me to upload the OM sitelet draft so far so we can show OM our direction so far. i upload the zip file and email the URL to debi and marci. back to the program.
6:50 -- sent pdf of progress to debi and shelly. going home.
10:05 -- try to send email. entourage won't send it, mailbox is full. i try removing attachments.
10:10 -- still won't go. i delete emails that have attachments.
10:15 -- finally sends. i run down to F13 to meet with Lenore about her calendars. She tries to add pages to the printed calendars. i explain that we don't have time and she doesn't have money for that. she tries to add little pictures onto each page, we narrow it down to april, june, july, september and december. i agree to get print estimates today. debi does not attend.
10:45 -- after the meeting, i brief Debi on the decisions made. She tells me about the 2-page scope creep and 2-week deadline extension for OfficeMax. She will send out a meeting notice for me, Joel, Marci and herself.
11 -- back to cleaning out email. i go thru the past three months of email on the xerox webmail site and find that all the "removing attachments" i thought i was doing in entourage does not in fact remove anything. i go through and delete actual emails with attachments that i know i have on file (checking some as i go) or messages with a follow-up message soon after that will document when something was sent and received.
12:20 -- flow in the rest of the missing items from the partner conf program.
12:50 -- lunch.
1:05 -- back to layout of the program and fixing photos.
2:20 -- pete staugaitis stops by for a chat.
2:40 -- pete leaves. make PDF of program progress for shelly.
3 -- send PDF to shelly. mitch says there are people in room G18 so i go to the cafeteria for our staff meeting (since that's where we always go when we find out we don't get to use G18). no one in the cafeteria. hoof it back to G18 late.
3:50 -- staff meeting ends. i forward the program PDF draft to debi. bathroom break and head down to H12 for meeting about the interviewees.
4 -- staff meeting about interviewees.
4:20 -- back to my desk. Lenore is there and we go thru the image sizes i will need for her calendars.
4:30 -- back to the program.
4:50 -- debi comes by and asks me to upload the OM sitelet draft so far so we can show OM our direction so far. i upload the zip file and email the URL to debi and marci. back to the program.
6:50 -- sent pdf of progress to debi and shelly. going home.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23, 2008
8 -- check emails (4). reply to shelly, promising to send a new PDF of the program cover when i get to the office. thank theresa wells at premier for getting mason set up for FTP access.
8:20 -- electrician arrives, log off email. i check back on email periodically over the following two hours.
10:25 -- arrive. rearrange the program file to print the cover as a spread, PDF and send to shelly.
10:40 -- reply to a personal email.
10:50 -- shelly points out that i didn't attach the PDF. i re-send. start getting the approved EIP banner ready to send to imagemedia.
11:30 -- sent email with URL of files for imagemedia. getting back to the program booklet.
11:50 -- stop to re-organize folders for the conference files.
12:05 -- meet with Joel to discuss changes on officemax pages.
12:55 -- get lunch.
1:05 -- back at desk. finish re-organizing folders.
1:20 -- back to layout.
1:55 -- premier thinks i'm the client on mason's envelope. i go get the proofs from the front desk and hand them off to mason. i start explaining how to ship back via courier but i thought it was 3pm so i go out to the cobalt room for my 3pm meeting.
2 -- bonnie sees me in the hallway and points out that it's 2, not 3pm. back to my desk. back to program layout.
2:55 -- go to cobalt with mitch and ami, get jason harris and take him to the cafeteria for our interview.
4:05 -- back to my desk.
4:15 -- i take mason out to the front desk to learn how to send stuff via courier.
4:20 -- back to officemax text changes.
5:45 -- bonnie comes by to chat about the interviewees.
5:55 -- back at my desk, back to officemax.
7 -- finished officemax correx, zipped and sent to Joel and Debi. quitting time for me.
8:20 -- electrician arrives, log off email. i check back on email periodically over the following two hours.
10:25 -- arrive. rearrange the program file to print the cover as a spread, PDF and send to shelly.
10:40 -- reply to a personal email.
10:50 -- shelly points out that i didn't attach the PDF. i re-send. start getting the approved EIP banner ready to send to imagemedia.
11:30 -- sent email with URL of files for imagemedia. getting back to the program booklet.
11:50 -- stop to re-organize folders for the conference files.
12:05 -- meet with Joel to discuss changes on officemax pages.
12:55 -- get lunch.
1:05 -- back at desk. finish re-organizing folders.
1:20 -- back to layout.
1:55 -- premier thinks i'm the client on mason's envelope. i go get the proofs from the front desk and hand them off to mason. i start explaining how to ship back via courier but i thought it was 3pm so i go out to the cobalt room for my 3pm meeting.
2 -- bonnie sees me in the hallway and points out that it's 2, not 3pm. back to my desk. back to program layout.
2:55 -- go to cobalt with mitch and ami, get jason harris and take him to the cafeteria for our interview.
4:05 -- back to my desk.
4:15 -- i take mason out to the front desk to learn how to send stuff via courier.
4:20 -- back to officemax text changes.
5:45 -- bonnie comes by to chat about the interviewees.
5:55 -- back at my desk, back to officemax.
7 -- finished officemax correx, zipped and sent to Joel and Debi. quitting time for me.
MONDAY, SEPT. 22, 2008
9:30 -- arrive, read emails (6).
9:45 -- compact database in entourage because my mailbox is full again.
10 -- print out the 6 officemax webpages, all 4 calendars, the FCP and XD stickers, 4 of the 16 signs for the partner summit and found printed launch postcards. asked debi or guy to post the officemax pages to the marcomm server but debi is not done with her edits. all to be taken to the integrated marketing staff meeting for creative services show-and-tell.
10:45 -- start looking for very high resolution photos of EIP in use.
10:55 -- go down to cyan room for integrated marketing staff meeting.
12:20 -- back at desk. read emails. set searches running on the servers for EIP collaterals.
12:35 -- go to lunch.
12:45 -- back at desk. find a nice big photo from an EIP brochure. start re-design of EIP banner.
2:30 -- mason comes over to see how to FTP files to premier press. we get him set up with an account with them, and talk to melissa about cyberduck and setting up paths thru the proxy.
2:40 -- debi comes over to discuss edits to the officemax pages and the partner summit pieces. she is giving her edits to joel to re-write and okayed my working at home on the conference program tonight to make up for time i'll miss friday afternoon.
3:15 -- finish EIP banner and PDF.
3:20 -- start email to shelly with new draft.
3:25 -- sent. start getting the signs ready to send to imagemedia.
3:50 -- made EPS files, zipped and uploaded to FTP site.
4:10 -- sent URL to geoff gillam. starting partner conference booklet.
6:40 -- started email to shelly listing what files i'm still missing for the program. back to layout.
9:05 -- break.
9:20 -- back to layout.
11:30 -- make PDF, start email to shelly with rough draft attached.
11:40 -- finish email, set for delayed send. it appears to have sent already. i remember that i forgot to upload files for mason (to premier, cuz he never got the login info from them). i upload the zip and send an email to all involved that it's there. quitting for the day.
9:45 -- compact database in entourage because my mailbox is full again.
10 -- print out the 6 officemax webpages, all 4 calendars, the FCP and XD stickers, 4 of the 16 signs for the partner summit and found printed launch postcards. asked debi or guy to post the officemax pages to the marcomm server but debi is not done with her edits. all to be taken to the integrated marketing staff meeting for creative services show-and-tell.
10:45 -- start looking for very high resolution photos of EIP in use.
10:55 -- go down to cyan room for integrated marketing staff meeting.
12:20 -- back at desk. read emails. set searches running on the servers for EIP collaterals.
12:35 -- go to lunch.
12:45 -- back at desk. find a nice big photo from an EIP brochure. start re-design of EIP banner.
2:30 -- mason comes over to see how to FTP files to premier press. we get him set up with an account with them, and talk to melissa about cyberduck and setting up paths thru the proxy.
2:40 -- debi comes over to discuss edits to the officemax pages and the partner summit pieces. she is giving her edits to joel to re-write and okayed my working at home on the conference program tonight to make up for time i'll miss friday afternoon.
3:15 -- finish EIP banner and PDF.
3:20 -- start email to shelly with new draft.
3:25 -- sent. start getting the signs ready to send to imagemedia.
3:50 -- made EPS files, zipped and uploaded to FTP site.
4:10 -- sent URL to geoff gillam. starting partner conference booklet.
6:40 -- started email to shelly listing what files i'm still missing for the program. back to layout.
9:05 -- break.
9:20 -- back to layout.
11:30 -- make PDF, start email to shelly with rough draft attached.
11:40 -- finish email, set for delayed send. it appears to have sent already. i remember that i forgot to upload files for mason (to premier, cuz he never got the login info from them). i upload the zip and send an email to all involved that it's there. quitting for the day.
Friday, September 19, 2008
FRIDAY, SEPT. 19, 2008
9:50 -- arrive, chat with other designers, read emails (4).
10 -- start reply to shelly about the design of the big banners. decide to send a new draft with my reply, go do the layout, make PDF.
11 -- staff meeting.
11:45 -- back at my desk. shelly has new fixes for the sponsor banner. i start making corrections.
12 -- i get a meeting request from lenore about her calendars. i decline and ask to reschedule. then i ask debi if she wants back in on the project. she says yes and i forward her the new meeting request.
12:15 -- leave for lunch.
2:15 -- back from lunch. make PDF of banner to send to shelly.
2:20 -- start concepting redesign of the other 9-footer.
2:50 -- bonnie comes by to chat about time management.
3 -- back at my desk. back to the banners.
4:30 -- sent new comp to shelly. starting on the other 14 signs.
6:30 -- all signs layed out and put into one PDF, sent to shelly. starting 2x6 banner.
6:50 -- finished 2x6, PDFed and emailed to shelly. clean out emailbox and update the database.
7 -- quitting for the day.
10 -- start reply to shelly about the design of the big banners. decide to send a new draft with my reply, go do the layout, make PDF.
11 -- staff meeting.
11:45 -- back at my desk. shelly has new fixes for the sponsor banner. i start making corrections.
12 -- i get a meeting request from lenore about her calendars. i decline and ask to reschedule. then i ask debi if she wants back in on the project. she says yes and i forward her the new meeting request.
12:15 -- leave for lunch.
2:15 -- back from lunch. make PDF of banner to send to shelly.
2:20 -- start concepting redesign of the other 9-footer.
2:50 -- bonnie comes by to chat about time management.
3 -- back at my desk. back to the banners.
4:30 -- sent new comp to shelly. starting on the other 14 signs.
6:30 -- all signs layed out and put into one PDF, sent to shelly. starting 2x6 banner.
6:50 -- finished 2x6, PDFed and emailed to shelly. clean out emailbox and update the database.
7 -- quitting for the day.
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