The State of my Task Management, 2024As a new year begins and I settle into a new-ish position at work, it has been time to again rethink my task management strategy.Read more...16 Jan 2024 • 4 min read
Catching up with myselfIn the past two weeks I’ve logged 13,000 miles in airplanes, 1500 miles in the car, and spent 9 nights out of 13 across four hotels and an Airbus A330 business class seat. I visited Köln, Germany and Washington, DC for work, and then road tripped to Rapid City, South Dakota, to pick up my oldest daughter from college.Read more...7 May 2023 • 1 min read
Some thoughts on the FAA's decision to allow use of phones/tablets on airplanes from gate to gateThe FAA announced today that it is directing airlines to enact policy that will allow passengers to use their mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, etc) from gate to gate - a welcome change for travelers who are used to the “turn everything completely off until we get above 10,000 feet” announcement at the beginning of every flight.Read more...31 Oct 2013 • 5 min read
Standing Desk UpdateIt’s been a little over a month since I began using a standing desk at work.Read more...17 Sep 2012 • 2 min read
One of the dangers of a standing desk...…is that when I’ve got my headphones on and I’m grooving to some music, I’m not just in danger of air drumming, but now it’s possible to be working on my white boy dance moves as well.Read more...17 Aug 2012 • 1 min read
Standing Up (at my desk)I’ve been intrigued by the online discussion about standing desks for a while now. Heck, it’s clear enough to anybody willing to think about it that just sitting, all day, every day, can’t be good for you. Add to it that I’m 6-foot-4 (that’s 193 cm for my two Canadian readers) and it’s not so easy to cram my legs underneath the desk, and I end up needing to unkink myself every hour or so during the day. Even doing that I still end up with achy legs, a sore elbow from leaning on it too much, and a sore back.Read more...16 Aug 2012 • 2 min read
I am now spoiled to commercial air travel foreverYesterday I traveled with five coworkers from Cedar Rapids, IA to Wichita, KS, to participate in our quarterly update meeting with the FAA.Read more...28 Jan 2010 • 2 min read
The Patient NotebookI keep a notebook at work for scribbling to-dos and other things I need to remember. I don’t go through notebooks very quickly - my short-term memory is pretty good and I use sticky notes and scrap paper when I’m at my desk, but a notebook is handy for carrying around to meetings.Read more...29 Sep 2009 • 3 min read
More busy than a one-legged man at a butt-kicking contestThat’s the way my friend Steve used to describe it, and this week has been one of those weeks. Half my calendar at work has been meetings; each meeting seems to generate more tasks for me; the remaining non-meeting time doesn’t seem to be sufficient to complete the tasks at a rate that will bring me anywhere close to keeping up.Read more...10 Apr 2009 • 2 min read
A dilemma of sortsLast week I accepted a position in a new group here at work. It’s a group I’ve worked with for several years, and I knew I wanted to work in that group if the opportunity arose. The opportunity did arise, and I got the position. While the exact transfer date has yet to be settled upon (sometime today we’ll get it figured out, I hope), it’s just a matter of time.Read more...5 Mar 2009 • 2 min read