Information Flow

Talk about swimming every day--my life is a constant swim in information. I can't even begin to tell all the times today I have interacted with information. Email. Web. Paper. Phone. Network files. Spreadsheets. PowerPoint. Digital video. Let's see:

1. I transferred our entire Intranet to my PowerBook so I could burn a DVD for backup. We had a bad experience with a power outage and email, so I'm playing it safe.
2. I exported several of my students' iMovie projects to Quicktime so I could show them in class.
3. I interacted with Ray regarding why Entourage won't/can't access the LDAP email server.
4. I checked my bank balance online and scheduled a couple of payments.
5. I searched for a photo of the new Mercury Milan.
6. I searched online for a photo of an iPod shuffle for my class presentation.
7. I looked up the FEMA website that offers the book Taking Shelter From the Storm for free for a friend.
8. I received a payment on account for my server business via PayPal.
9. I interacted with the fellow who does my DNS for all my domains about the proper way to set up my backup mx.
10. I went online to the ***.com website on my server to delete the stupid gambling posts that someone keeps putting on the guestbook there.
11. I went to the IMC to help one of my students who was having trouble getting her iMovie project to record her voice properly using the eMac; and another was having trouble with the volume on a clip on her movie.
12. Gotta debug why when I connect to the net with the wireless connection, why I can't access the web or email.

See you in the EAIC (East Australian Information Current) (hat tip to Finding Nemo)

A Day in the Life of...Me

Well here I am, sorry to say, weeks and weeks overdue. The systems portfolio project has just eaten up all of my spare time since November. But it's finally done, and I'm glad.

Today's work, wow:

1. Added asp code to our Intranet page so the course evaluation percents would show.
2. Loaded the new building pictures into iPhoto, produced web pages, uploaded them to the Intranet, and linked them to the What's New section.
3. Added the link to Shadow of the Cross web pages to What's New.
4. Picked out a nice photo of Shadow of the Cross play, exported from iMovie to 640x480, used Photoshop Elements to oil pastel it and then create strokes frame. Finally exported to web and put it on home page.
5. Fixed the Systems Portfolio spreadsheet with the correct figures, copied the pie graph to the Systems Portfolio, and then did the magic to make it fit nicely on the page.
6. Modified the OIR home page, uploaded it to the server.
7. Found a page of ASP that will display a directory of files, installed it in the old Intranet front page images folder. Then added a link from the Intranet front page image to that page. That way people can browse the old front page images.
8. Worked with a student to figure out why her video was coming out so dark when she imported it into iMovie.
9. Worked on the AAT Liaison assignments for non-instructional departments.
10. Worked with Financial Aid manager on FAFSA survey. Printed 50 bubble forms.
    
11. Worked with Guest Relations manager on survey of dorm students who house campus visitors.
12. Performed emergency recovery on the Intranet front page--who knows why it went AWOL for 10 minutes. I couldn't connect via FTP on the computer lab subnet, so I mailed a copy of it to myself and then restored the file.
13. Talked on the phone with one of my customers to resolve a couple of issues with their web forms.
14. Worked with one of my students in Web Design class who was working on rollover buttons for her MenuMachine web site menu.
15. Sprayed my fruit trees. Watered my flowers.
16. Drank a few cups of coffee. "8 O'Clock" is my favorite so far. Not sure if I'm going to become a dedicated coffee fan, but I'm getting so I an enjoy a good cup. Not black, though.
    
17. Composed and sent an email to IT folks regarding specific incompatibility of Macs w/our Intranet (we have some files that are linked from the Intranet to shared files via the file:/// protocol; this does not work with Mac). Posed three possible solutions, hopefully one might ring a bell and get this last incompatibility resolved.
    
18. Spouted off to my boss about the school calendar that keeps changing without notice of any kind.
19. Wrote a note to my sister asking if the new cordless drill is working out for her.
20. Read some more of the second Left Behind book called Tribulation Force.
21. Tried about 4 times to get through to CSC Credit Services (division of Equifax) to ask about my credit report.

That's about it, and that's enough for one day.