My birthday isn’t until tomorrow, but I decided the other day what I was going to buy myself with my birthday money (Thanks, Dad!). A Roomba! It’s going to take some work to make sure Isis isn’t completely traumatized by the thing, which we wouldn’t even need if she could keep her damn fur onContinue reading “Best birthday present ever”
Category Archives: technology
IM gaffe
Imagine you’re my coworker, corresponding with me on our newly downloaded instant message application. We’re firing messages back and forth while I copy edit the newsletter. After a few moments of radio silence, the following pops up from me in your instant message window: We bury our dog poopin a little doggie composter. I can’tContinue reading “IM gaffe”
Business trip
Really, there’s no reason why all hotels don’t have wifi. Here I am, in a spacious suite, by myself, in a one-stoplight town, on business. Four of my coworkers and my boss are in similar suites in same hotel. The sixth person in our department is in her own home, five minutes away. We’re callingContinue reading “Business trip”
Loving too much
Or, OCD is the best diet ever. Oh, Adobe InDesign, I can’t tear myself away from you. I’m starting to feel weak from hunger, but I can’t bear to go to lunch until I get that column of text perfectly aligned with the top of that photo. I need to make the photo smaller, andContinue reading “Loving too much”
Mental tetris
Ahh, my favorite kind of work day. Aside from the ones where I’m taking pictures on a beach all day. I’m designing the second half our our magazine and I’m totally mesmerized by InDesign. I can sit here all day and move little boxes around. I can’t pinpoint it, but it looks better in thisContinue reading “Mental tetris”
Songs of the Summer
I’m not exactly on the cutting edge when it comes to music. Or technology. I’m just now putting songs on my very first iPod, a hand-me-down from Rob, who got it at a pawn shop and then replaced it with a snazzier one. Mine’s approximately the size of an 80s boom box and holds asContinue reading “Songs of the Summer”
Job satisfaction
I really do love my job. Or else I’m a complete geek, and that’s why I find myself tweaking a PageMaker file at 8 p.m. on a Saturday. Yeah, I said PageMaker. We spent two days learning the finer points of InDesign, but we’re doing one more issue in PageMaker, because my codesigner hasn’t gottenContinue reading “Job satisfaction”
Over the hump
I can’t even believe it. I made it back to the office with time to spare before the meeting. I totally fried my brain at the computer training though. Since I planned to miss the last “unit” in order to beat traffic (yay me!), after lunch I worked ahead in the chapter the instructor wasContinue reading “Over the hump”
Telephone etiquette
Note to self: After listening in on conference call with headset on mute, remember to unpress the mute button before answering the phone later.
Kari Neumeyer 