So far, no week has gone the way that I had planned. I had this amazing plan and I was going to accomplish everything in it a certain way by a certain time. Instead, it has flowed, and I have gotten a good deal of work done — but it feels sloppy. But I suppose sabbatical time is a time to give yourself a bit of a break. The only schedule I am on is my own.
I also didn't think that this period would feel so winsome, and yet so isolating. To deal with the isolation I have been going to the local library or Barnes and Noble Cafe to do some of my reading. There is less "home" distraction there and I am learning about solitude of a different kind.
I decided that this week's blog would be a bit more rambling than the past few, as I feel like there is a place for that even in an academic treatise.
I have alot of technical stuff to do to get properly setup for the continuing weeks.
I have alot of technical stuff to do to get properly setup for the continuing weeks.
- Now that I have a Macbook with wifi I have to get a wireless router for home.
- I have been saving money for a Windows PC netbook purchase (I've looked and none yet have it with Microsoft Windows 7 just — Vista, yuck. ). There are so many different deals for netbooks — it is confusing. If you here of one, give me a shout!
- I want to get an iPhone and say good-bye to Verizon. Dumb, dumb Verizon. How they ever gave up the chance to work with Apple on the iPhone is beyond me.
- I also want to get an external hard drive to backup stuff
- And I have to finally commit to a server host to begin to build and rebuild some websites in Joomla!
I haven't talked much about Joomla! yet because I really have only done the training and haven't really used it yet, but i am excited about it.
Today I did do a training session on the new features of Mac OS 10.5 — alot of great new technology. I loved Time Machine and Photo Booth. (This is a photo I took with Photo Booth. Not bad.) I also did a training session later on in the day in iWork'09 for Numbers. I have been using Numbers for a bit, but didn't realize the many great features that it has — so different from Excel!
I got through a major milestone this week by completing the inventory of edits for the Freelance Guide Project and also creating the project plan for it. I met with Steve Rudolfi, a student of mine, today to discuss the project — it went well.
That project is on-track, but my reading and research is not exactly where I want it.
That's all for now!
Calendar of Events for the Past Week
Friday, September 25, 2009
- Project Management: Freelance Guide
- Meeting: Freelance Guide
- Reading and Research: Finalized "Rapt" notes
- Email catch-up
- Joomla! Training, Sections 8, 9 & 10
- Project Plan: Freelance Guide
- Physical: Setup new office space
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
- Developed Project Management Template (in Numbers): For edits for the Freelance Guide
- Training: Joomla!
- Reading: "The Dip" by Seth Godin
- Re-created Twitter Account to: Griff_Graff — read through documentation
- Reading: Started to read Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue"
- Project Management Template (Numbers): Freelance Guide
- Listened to Tom Ashbrook's show on "Multi-tasking" and "Attention" — have to get this podcast
- Reading: Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue"
- Training: New features of Leopard, Mac OS 10.5
- Training: iWork'09 - Numbers
- Reading: Clay Shirky's "Here Comes Everybody" (almost done!)
Friday, October 2 , 2009
- Meeting: Agenda
o Go over any open questions from the edits
o Go over Project Plan (spreadsheet)
o Go over schedule for next week
o Communicate (Steve R’s role) to Kristin Cassasanto/John Lay - Steve due next week (October 9th)
o Project Plan / Spreadsheet
o Flow Chart / Blueprint
o Websort setup
o Beginning Artwork
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