2016 is rapidly approaching it’s (much needed) conclusion. 2016 was balls. Horrible, horrible, horrible balls. I am glad it is nearly over.
(RIP Carrie Fischer)
Category: Introductions
Reddit Words to Live By
Found some really encouraging food for thought (words to live by) for I.T. people (maybe everyone) that I just had to share.
From a thread about being Stuck on Windows Update 3/3 several people brought up great points.
“Whether a 1-minute call or a 30-minute call, I bill for 30 mins minimum.”
This of course prompted a curious reply: “I often wonder where to draw the line with this… if they call and I say “click file, options, disable xxx” and it fixes it with a 30 second call, should I really put in time for that?”
Which brings us to the first gem:
- If you don’t value your time, no one else will.which then brings us to the next gem of wisdom:
- Not just the time, the knowledge. Value your knowledge. If they need to call you for help, it means that you know something they don’t….and that’s worth some compensation.
So to you, readers, I remind you: your time is valuable. Your energy is valuable. Your knowledge is valuable. Some of you went to school for this (and might still be paying it off). Some of you have slaved away doing menial labor for years to get to the point where you have skills you bring to the table.
Your time is worth it.
YOU are worth it.
And if you aren’t, then why are they still asking you for help?
Food for thought.
Further reading, if you have the time. =)
What A Rough Day
This morning I woke up feeling pretty great. It’s the day before Thanksgiving, which is my all-time favorite holiday of all time. None of this pretentious marketing and monetization (excluding Black Friday and how it’s creeping into Thanksgiving) that comes with major holidays. Just family, food, and relaxation.
I had to go to one of the K-3 schools this morning to help a teacher with a projector, and as part of the process I had to climb onto a chair and reach my hands above my head to grab the projector cables and pull it down. In the process, my shirt rode up a bit and you could see my stomach and sides (which are nothing to be thrilled about, but still far better than I used to be at 4XL and now a L/XL). Soon after, I heard lots of kids giggling, I turned around to get off the chair and saw a few of them pointing. A few others were whispering things like “gross” and “disgusting” while pointing at me. And it hit me. They’re talking about me here.
After almost 2 years of working at losing weight and getting in shape, it doesn’t matter.
And now I just feel completely broken. Like all my work was for absolutely nothing.
I just want to disappear.
So just remember: your words and actions can destroy how someone is doing. Be mindful.
Confessions of a Fat Man
So I’m going to start this off with a warning. This is going to be largely uncensored, unfiltered, unedited, shooting-from-the-hip kind of stuff. I’m trying to clear my head and make sense of a lot of things that are going on right now. It might change your impressions of me as a human being but that’s expected. It might not, but that’s also expected. Without further delay, here we go. I’m going to apologize in advance for the wall-of-text feel. There isn’t much in the way of graphics or paragraphing. It’s just a “turn on the editor and write” kind of moment that’s been building up for a few months.
Welcome 6/27/2013
Welcome to my new WordPress Blog.
There won’t be anything here for a while. I need to find something decent to post.
Ideas:
- Photography 101
- Setting up Tomcat with a Wildcard Certificate (we used this for WebHelpDesk)
- Setting up an RT installation with LDAP against a Windows Domain with Gmail for Email
- Phone ROMs
- Day To Day Tips
- Things I Want To Keep Track Of (Maybe a Wiki)
Let’s go!