Today has been an interesting day. Interesting in that I am only doing a 2.5 day week? Interesting in that I am working on a secret project? Interesting in that it rained a lot? No. Just interesting. Very interesting. Very interesting indeed. I learned lots about some of our back end systems. Many of you might baulk at such news. Many of you might in fact cry. But I did not. I lapped it up, like a thirsty horse next to a big puddle. I am not quite sure how to handle the mass of information I have learned today. I need to go home, put my feet up and instill this learning as knowledge. Then I can become a wise old sage. This weekend I was down at my parents and my Dad gave me a knackered flowerpot. Full of sage. I think it's a sign. Anyway, on with the show that is End of Day Mania. Up first is Mand from Comms. Please read this posting very, very slowly as we don't have many entries today.
Tuesday's are rubbish. They're like an extension of Monday, and the weekend is still soooooooo far away. Anyway, we've cracked on and I tried to rid myself of the Tuesday blues, though this is hard to do when surrounded by people full of hatred. Bob has continued to hate everything. Except......Twitter. He likes it so much he's written a blog for you all to read about how much he likes it, and how useful it is: Link In addition to this he's been looking at some problems with our automated emails. And other stuff I can't ask him about as he's already left for the day. Chris got a shiny new phone which he's been gazing lovingly at all day. It does look rather lovely to be fair. He's also been supporting our CSC colleagues, and complaining about Bob's Twitter action. He's also working on a multi-part blog.......exciting. James has been whining (he says he's full of hatred, but he doesn't have the venom of Bob, or the volume of Matt, so it invariably sounds like whining), writing a blog and hanging around the forums. Matt's been writing emails, and helping our colleagues in SA. He's also getting almost as angry and hate-filled as Bob. I've been to lots of meetings, and have spent the afternoon 'educating' our CSC friends. They've been having lots of lovely Mand-stylee Home Phone and Terms and Conditions training, the lucky lucky devils. Anyway, Tuesday is almost over (the working day anyway
), so enjoy your evening whatever you're up to, and we'll catch you all later. ......oh, and today's commic-y goodness is waiting for you right here: Link Enjoy
Next up it's Mark... I'll let him do the intro!
Hi there! It's Mark here from the Web Development team, reporting on the team's exploits for the day. Gary has been helping Dan with his internal tools, which means Dan's complex computer programming finally needs a colour scheme, maybe some shiny buttons. Gary is ace at both. James has been working on improvements to our manual invoicing system. I've been dealing with problems, and creating some system emails we'll send out if your invoice date is changed. Jonny has been doing team leader duties and distributing cup-a-soup rations to anyone foolhardy enough to accept them. (Got my Cup o' Chicken Noodles to look forward to tomorrow.) Over on the other desk, Nick has been doing a little more Community Library work and also updating a number of support pages, while Andy has been working on the Home Phone product changes and problem fixing. Finally, Colin has been working on an internal improvement to our ticketing system, doing a small bit of housekeeping to his task list and getting some testing tasks written for QA. Thanks and bye.
Phew, I hope reading all that has kept you busy. Thanks Mand and Mark! Time for me to log off and catch the train back to Manchester, where I can ponder my learnings and relax. Finally, I just asked Dan Kirkland, 'Head of I Don't Know' (his words, not mine), tell me something funny. He said "I think you are the most intelligent person I have ever come across." Isn't he nice? Have a good evening! Ali McGowan